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5/16/2023 - Medical Grand Rounds: A journey of discovery into the renal regulation of potassium homeostasis: Clues from development and disease

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the physiologic importance of potassium.
  • Develop a systematic approach to diagnosing the underlying cause(s) of disorders in total body potassium homeostasis.
  • Apply recent discoveries about molecular mechanisms underlying the renal regulation of potassium transport to the care of patients with dyskalemias.

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Suggested additional reading:

  1. Carrisoza-Gaytan R, Carattino MD, Kleyman T, and LM Satlin. An unexpected journey: conceptual evolution of mechanoregulated potassium transport in the distal nephron. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. (2016) 310:C243-59 
  2. Ellison DH, Welling P. Insights into Salt Handling and Blood Pressure. N Engl J Med. (2021) 385:1981-1993
  3. McDonough AA, Fenton RA. Potassium homeostasis: sensors, mediators, and targets. Pflugers Arch. (2022);474:853-67

    4. Joint Accreditation Statement
    In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This educational activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours.

    Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:
Lisa M. Satlin, MD — Herbert H. Lehman Professor and System Chair, Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Health System
Pediatrician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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