This session is an installment of our “Year in Review” Series. This series highlights practice-changing updates in various medical fields, and in this session, we will hear from our experts in the Renal-Electrolyte Division.
The training will cover:
1) Onco-nephrology has made significant progress in the last few years. 2) It a multi-disciplinary approach to caring for complex cancer patients and cancer survivors. 3) We have better understanding of medication side effects and ways to tackle them. 4) More work is needed in areas of drug dosing and estimating the kidney function in cancer patients. 5) We now have experience in treating patients with cancer and dialysis and transplants. 5) Significantly lower rates of stroke and major CV events with salt substitute and no increased risk of clinical hyperkalemia with use of salt substitute and
potassium is not measured serially. 6) Asymptomatic hyperkalemia may have been missed. 7) Commercial food preservation adds much more NaCl to one’s diet.
- Provider:University of Pittsburgh
- Activity Link: https://cme.hs.pitt.edu/ISER/app/learner/loadModule?moduleId=24735&dev=true
- Start Date: 2023-11-14 06:00:00
- End Date: 2023-11-14 06:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.0 hours
- MOC Credit Details: ABIM - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
- Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: No, it's free
- Measured Outcome: Learner Knowledge, Learner/Team Performance
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Internal Medicine