Diabetic Nephropathy
Learners will review the clinical manifestations leading to the development and stage progression of diabetic nephropathy and evolving therapeutic approaches.
Original Release Date: November 2018
Review Date: October 2021
Target Audience
Hospitalists, Internists, Family Practitioners, Cardiologists, Endocrinologists, Pharmacists and other interested healthcare practitioners.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy and recognize its role as a major contributor to end-stage kidney disease in the U.S.
- Recognize the clinical manifestations leading to the development and stage progression of diabetic nephropathy.
- Utilize evolving therapeutic approaches to the treatment of diabetic nephropathy, including new diabetes drugs, dialysis and kidney transplantation.
Gaspar Alejandro Barreto-Torrella, M.D.
Nephrologist
Baptist, South Miami and West Kendall Baptist Hospitals
Miami, Florida
Gaspar Alejandro Barreto-Torrella, M.D., faculty of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
Arturo Fridman, M.D., conference director of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.
*Ineligible companies -- Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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Available Credit
- 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.75 General certificate of attendance
- 0.75 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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