14.0 Contact Hours
Course Fees:
$895 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & Dentists$695 for Physician Assistants
$695 for Nurse Practitioners
$495 for Nurses, Students & Others
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.
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Target Audience
Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners,
Program Purpose
Objectives:
To provide the physician with a working knowledge of clinically relevant and up-to-date topics in clinical nephrology using a combined lecture and case study approach. This review will provide a practical overview of commonly encountered problems in clinical nephrology, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, and management. For each topic, nephrology essentials will be reviewed and illustrative cases explored and discussed.
Participants will be invited to share their clinical experiences, concerns, and insights. Upon completion of the course, participants should have a clear understanding of the stages of chronic kidney disease and be able to enumerate the common disease entities that result in chronic disease; recognize common complications of chronic kidney disease especially anemia and abnormalities of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, their pathophysiology and management.
Participants should be familiar with the incidence of hypertension in the community, its demographics and complications, and be able to describe the approach to management of the difficult to control hypertensive patient. Participants should recognize the renal complications of diabetes mellitus, its pathophysiology and approach to management; describe the different types of kidney stones, their pathophysiology and management; recognize the significance of proteinuria, describe the common diseases associated with proteinuria, and understand the management of proteinuria.
The practitioner should also be familiar with the approach to proteinuria and hypertension during pregnancy, and describe the long-term complications of preeclampsia. Finally, the practitioner should be able to describe the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome and diuretic resistance, and understand the use of diuretics in clinical practice.
Ideal candidates for these seminars include physicians as well as other health care professionals involved in the daily management of renal patients in inpatient or outpatient setting.
Program:
To provide the physician with a working knowledge of clinically relevant and up-to-date topics in clinical nephrology using a combined lecture and case study approach. This review will provide a practical overview of commonly encountered problems in clinical nephrology, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, and management. For each topic, nephrology essentials will be reviewed and illustrative cases explored and discussed.
Participants will be invited to share their clinical experiences, concerns, and insights. Upon completion of the course, participants should have a clear understanding of the stages of chronic kidney disease and be able to enumerate the common disease entities that result in chronic disease; recognize common complications of chronic kidney disease especially anemia and abnormalities of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, their pathophysiology and management.
Participants should be familiar with the incidence of hypertension in the community, its demographics and complications, and be able to describe the approach to management of the difficult to control hypertensive patient. Participants should recognize the renal complications of diabetes mellitus, its pathophysiology and approach to management; describe the different types of kidney stones, their pathophysiology and management; recognize the significance of proteinuria, describe the common diseases associated with proteinuria, and understand the management of proteinuria.
The practitioner should also be familiar with the approach to proteinuria and hypertension during pregnancy, and describe the long-term complications of preeclampsia. Finally, the practitioner should be able to describe the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome and diuretic resistance, and understand the use of diuretics in clinical practice.
Ideal candidates for these seminars include physicians as well as other health care professionals involved in the daily management of renal patients in inpatient or outpatient setting.
Program:
| DATE | TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| September 26 | 08:00 am-10:00 am | Chronic Kidney Disease: Definition, Evaluation, and Management |
| 10:00 am-10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 am-11:15 am | Calcium and Phosphorus Abnormalities in Chronic Kidney Disease | |
| 11:15 am-12:15 pm | Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease | |
| 12:15-1:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15-3:15 pm | Updates in Hypertension | |
| 3:15 pm-3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm-4:30 pm | Evaluation of Acute Kidney Injury | |
| September 30 | 08:00 am-09:00 am | Diabetic Nephropathy |
| 9:00 am-10:00 am | Kidney Stones: Its Causes and Management | |
| 10:00 am-10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 am-11:15 am | Interpretation of Urinalysis and Evaluation of Proteinuria | |
| 11:15 pm-12:15 pm | Hypertension and Proteinuria in Pregnancy | |
| 12:15 pm-1:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm | Cardiorenal Syndrome | |
| 3:15 pm-3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm-4:30 pm | Case Studies and Course Overview |
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.
