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4/1/2025 - Medical Grand Rounds: Contrast Associated Acute Kidney Injury- Does it Exist and Why Does it Matter?

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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:

    • Describe the incidence of CA-AKI and the nature of the associations of this condition with adverse outcomes.
    • Explain the patterns of use of angiography in patients with CKD and acute coronary syndrome
    • Identify the underlying basis for 'renalism'
    • Appreciate the clinical significance of 'renalism'
    • Outline the true risk for clinically significant CA-AKI

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

Suggested Additional Reading:

  • Weisbord SD, Mor MK, Hochheiser H, Kiim N, Ho PM, Bhatt DL, Fine MJ, Palevsky PM. Utilization and Outcomes of Clinically Indicated Invasive Cardiac Care in Veterans with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease. 2023. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology; 34(4);694-705
  • Mehran R, Dangas GD, Weisbord SD. Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019. 380:2146-2155
  • Chertow GM, Normand SL, McNeil BJ. Renalism: inappropriately low rates of coronary angiography in elderly individuals with renal insufficiency. 2004. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2004

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:
Steven Weisbord, MD, MSc — Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
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.