Renal Disease and Anemia: Interrelationships and Clinical Implications CME

Kenneth J. Snow, MD; Robert C. Stanton, MD Author Information and Disclosures

Release Date: January 8, 2008; Valid for credit through January 8, 2009

Credits Available
Physicians - maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians

To participate in this activity: (1) review the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures; (2) study the education content; (3) take the post-test and/or complete the evaluation; (4) view/print certificate View details.

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Learning Objectives

Participants will be provided with clinically relevant, evidence-based information. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe the interrelationships among diabetes, renal disease, hypertension, and anemia;
  2. Describe conditions associated with diabetic renal disease (including bone disease, hypertension, and anemia) and their implications beyond renal function;
  3. Identify early stages of diabetic renal disease through initiation of a protocol of ongoing laboratory screening and estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR);
  4. Diagnose anemia in the patient with diabetic renal dysfunction and initiate appropriate treatments;
  5. Initiate strategies to prevent development of macrovascular disease.
Author Disclosures
Richard S. Beaser, MD
Disclosure: Dr. Beaser has indicated that he does not have a financial interest or other relationship with any manufacturers of any commercial products.

Enrique Caballero, MD
Disclosure: Speakers Bureau and Advisory Board: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; sanofi-aventis US, LLC; and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. Advisory Board: Pfizer Inc.

Sharon Garbus
Disclosure: Sharon Garbus has indicated that she does not have a financial interest or other relationship with any manufacturers of any commercial products.

Jessica Herr, PharmD
Disclosure: Jessica Herr has indicated that she does not have a financial interest or other relationship with any manufacturers of any commercial products.

James E. Neighbours, MEd
Disclosure: James Neighbours has indicated that he does not have a financial interest or other relationship with any manufacturers of any commercial products.

Kenneth J. Snow, MD
Disclosure: Speakers Bureau: Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pfizer Inc.

Robert C. Stanton, MD
Disclosure: Dr. Stanton has indicated that he does not have a financial interest or other relationship with any manufacturers of any commercial products.
 
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