Practical Approach to CKD: What Does PCP Need to Know?

Overview:

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem. The incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) cases has been increasing since the 1980s, leading to a significant burden on the U.S. health system. In 2018, there were over 500,000 patients receiving maintenance dialysis, who represent approximately 1% of the U.S. Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) population but account for approximately 7.2% of Medicare FFS spending. Primary care professionals play a significant role in prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment. In this lecture, Dr. Nassar will expound on a clinical approach for patients with CKD, and explain how to implement evidence-based interventions to slow the progression.

Objectives:

1.  Understand the overall approach to patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
2.  Emphasizing the importance of UA and urine-protein creatinine ratio in the workup.
3.  Implementing evidence-based interventions to slow the progression, with the focus on ACEi/ARB & SGLTi.

Presenter:

Tareq Nassar, MD, MBBS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nephrology Fellowship-Program Director
UT Health San Antonio
Medical Director UHS Renal Clinics and Dialysis West Clinic

 

Financial Disclosures:

Tareq Nassar, MD, MBBS has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Lopez, PsyD, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu