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11/14/2023 - Medical Grand Rounds: Nephrology Year in Review

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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:

    • Appreciate the expanded use and efficacy of SGLT-2 inhibitors in chronic kidney disease.
    • Recognize additional antihypertensive options in advanced kidney disease
    • Assess dietary interventions for individuals at high-risk of developing cardiovascular events.
    • Describe the treatment of Hepato-renal syndrome 
    • Evaluate Onconephrolgy: management of medication toxicity and Onco-Hypertension

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

  1. Herrington WG, et al. N Engl J Med. 2023;388(2):117-27.
  2. Nuffield Department of Population Health Renal Studies Group. Lancet. 2022;400(10365):1788-801
  3. Agarwal R, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021;385(27):2507-19.
  4. Neal B, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021;385(12):1067-77.
  5. Bernabe-Ortiz A, et al. Nat Med. 2020;26(3):374-8.
  6. Bonilla, Marco; Gudsoorkar, Prakash; Wanchoo, Rimda; Herrmann, Sandra M.; Jhaveri, Kenar D.. Onconephrology 2022: An Update. Kidney360 4(2):p 258-271, February 2023
  7. Annals of Hepatology 18 (2019) 287–290
  8. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:818-828


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), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


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:
Blaise Abramovitz, DO, FASN — Chief, Division of Nephrology, UPMC Mercy; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Renal-Electrolyte University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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.
Pooja Amarapurkar, MD — Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Renal-Electrolyte, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.