Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Professor of Medicine
Director, ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
This activity is intended for diabetologists, endocrinologists, nephrologists, and primary care physicians.
The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to screen and diagnose patients who have type 2 diabetes (T2D) for kidney disease and initiate appropriate treatment.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Medscape, LLC requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
Professor of Medicine
Director, ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
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CME / CE Released: 9/22/2022
Valid for credit through: 9/22/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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Josephine, a 56-year-old woman has been referred to a new primary care clinician by her friend. Josephine has a 10-year history of type 2 diabetes, 20-year history of hypertension, class 1 obesity (body mass index [BMI] = 32 kg/m2), dyslipidemia. She has no history of cardiac disease and has a family history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cancer (breast).
Prior medical record: glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) 7.9%, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 50mL/min/1.73m2, serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL, blood pressure 146/86 mmHg, potassium 4.3 mEq/L, total cholesterol 265 mg/dL.
Current Medications: glyburide 5 mg daily, metformin 1000 mg twice daily, amlodipine 5 mg daily, lisinopril 10 mg daily, hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg daily, and atorvastatin 10 mg daily.
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