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Newer Therapies to Optimize Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Authors: Molly Cahill, APRN, BC, NP-C, CNN; Debra Castner, RN, MSN, APN, CNN; David Cherney, MD CM, PhD, FRCP(C); Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD
  • CE Released: 6/27/2023
  • Valid for credit through: 6/27/2024, 11:59 PM EST
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  • Credits Available

    Nurses - 1.25 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0.75 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion

Target Audience and Goal Statement

Nephrology nurses and other nurses and clinicians treating patients with chronic kidney disease.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should:

  • Have an increased awareness of populations at increased risk for developing hyperkalemia and of the potential adverse consequences of hyperkalemia in individuals with CKD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
  • Be able to use newer potassium binders to lower potassium levels and enable patients with CKD to remain on renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) therapy and at target doses, and prevent the use of urgent rescue therapy to reduce serum potassium levels in ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis
  • Incorporate SGLT2 inhibitors as a foundational therapy for slowing the progression of kidney disease in the treatment of patients with CKD, with and without type 2 diabetes
  • Recognize that SGLT2 inhibitors are cardio-renal therapies in patients with CKD with and without type 2 diabetes, and be able to use them in patients with CKD not only for renal risk reduction but also for cardiovascular risk reduction
  • Facilitate improved patient self-care, reduced risk of adverse events, and greater patient adherence leading to better outcomes for patients taking potassium binders and SGLT2 inhibitors

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the association between hyperkalemia and CKD  
  2. Interpret the data with newer potassium binders in individuals with CKD and ESRD undergoing adequate hemodialysis
  3. Summarize, and provide evidence for, the efficacy and safety of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with CKD for slowing the progression of kidney disease
  4. Recognize the relationship among CKD and cardiovascular disease and heart failure, and explain cardiovascular data with SGLT2 inhibitors in clinical trials of patients with CKD
  5. Discuss prudent behaviors of, and essential knowledge for CKD patients with hyperkalemia taking potassium binders and for individuals initiating SGLT2 inhibitor therapy


Disclosures

Voxmedia strives to ensure fair-balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly sponsored educational activities. All prospective faculty are required to disclose to Voxmedia all financial relationships for the preceding 24 months (1) with any commercial interest producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients AND (2) with any commercial supporters prior to participating in the planning of an activity or developing content. Only after Voxmedia mitigates all financial relationships may faculty receive approval to participate, and are expected to contribute evidence-based material. Faculty are required to indicate areas of their presentation that are based on professional opinion vs. guidelines, meta-analysis. All information submitted will be peer-reviewed. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent faculty from participating, but rather to provide learners with information on which they can make their own judgment of commercial bias. Voxmedia will disclose to learners that all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated in either written materials, visually and/or verbally. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker's interests or relationships may influence the presentation. Speakers must make a meaningful disclosure to the audience of their discussions of any unlabeled or investigational use(s) of drugs or devices.


Faculty

  • Molly Cahill, APRN, BC, NP-C, CNN

    Kansas City Kidney Consultants Pa
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States

    Disclosures

    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Amgen; Boehringer Ingelheim
    Consultant or advisor for: Calliditas

  • Debra Castner, RN, MSN, APN, CNN

    Nephrology Nursing Consultant
    Exmore, Virginia, United States

    Disclosures

    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: AstraZeneca

  • David Cherney, MD CM, PhD, FRCP(C)

    Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
    Clinician Scientist, Division of Nephrology, UHN
    Director, Renal Physiology Laboratory, UHN
    Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Disclosures

    Consultant or advisor for: AstraZeneca; Bayer; BMS; Boehringer Ingelheim; CSL-Behring; Janssen; Lexicon; Lilly; MAZE; Merck; Mitsubishi-Tanabe; Novo Nordisk; Sanofi

  • Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD

    Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine
    Director, Clinical Outcomes and Clinical Trials Program in Nephrology
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    Memphis VA Medical Center
    Memphis, Tennessee, United States

    Disclosures

    Consultant or advisor for: Abbott; Akebia; AstraZeneca; Bayer; Boehringer Ingelheim; Cara Therapeutics; CSL Behring; CSL Vifor; GSK; Pharmacosmos; ProKidney
    Research funding from: AstraZeneca; Bayer; GSK
    Royalties from: Springer; UpToDate

Voxmedia

  • John F. Kocsis, PhD

    President
    Hazlet, New Jersey

    Disclosures

    John F. Kocsis, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.


Accreditation Statements

This educational activity is jointly provided by the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) and Voxmedia.

American Nephrology Nurses Association

Voxmedia

American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. ANNA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education, California provider number CEP 1499.

    For Nurses

  • Upon successful completion of this learning activity, participants will be awarded 1.25 contact hour(s) of nursing continuing professional development (NCDP), which includes 0.75 contact hour(s) of pharmacology credit.

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There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this online educational activity. For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.

This activity is designed to be completed within the time designated on the title page; physicians should claim only those credits that reflect the time actually spent in the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period that is noted on the title page. To receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, you must receive a minimum score of 80% on the post-test.

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  1. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures.
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  3. Online, choose the best answer to each test question. To receive a certificate, you must receive a passing score as designated at the top of the test. In addition, you must complete the Activity Evaluation to provide feedback for future programming.

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CE

Newer Therapies to Optimize Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Authors: Molly Cahill, APRN, BC, NP-C, CNN; Debra Castner, RN, MSN, APN, CNN; David Cherney, MD CM, PhD, FRCP(C); Csaba P. Kovesdy, MDFaculty and Disclosures

CE Released: 6/27/2023

Valid for credit through: 6/27/2024, 11:59 PM EST

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