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Selected Topics in Geriatrics and Nephrology Alaskan Explorer Cruise
Sunday, May 19, 2019 - Sunday, May 26, 2019
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CME Provider:
Continuing Education, Inc. ›
5700 4th Street N
St. Petersburg, Florida (FL) 33703
United States
 
Phone: (800) 422-0711
 
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Conference Center:
Aboard Holland America's ms Oosterdam
7-Night Alaskan Explorer Cruise Conference
Departs Seattle, Washington (WA)
United States
 
Phone:
 

Description:
Providing care to older patients can be challenging and complex. The goals of this activity are to help you recognize and treat common geriatric conditions like dementia, delirium, depression, and incontinence; identify physical findings to sort out normal from abnormal; help patients (and yourself) "stay sharp" despite aging, utilize "de-prescribing" to lessen drug interactions and improve compliance; implement new adult immunization guidelines; and enable patients to lessen fall risk.

The purpose of the nephrology lectures are to equip the attendees with the necessary clinical skills and strategies to identify, evaluate and manage either individually or as part of an interprofessional team, common clinical problems in Nephrology to overall improve patient care.

Topics:

1. Urinalysis - A Window into the Body
Describe methods of urine collection.
Interpret physical and dipstick examination of urine.
Identify microscopic elements in urine sediment.
Solve clinical cases with abnormal urinalyses

2. Understanding Diuretics
Describe classification and mechanism of action of diuretics
Review clinical uses and adverse effects
Define diuretic adaptation and resistance

3. Acute Kidney Injury
Review definition, epidemiology, course and burden of AKI
Recognize common causes of AKI and identify risk factors
Discuss the medical management of AKI in the hospitalized patient
Illustrate with case presentation

4. Poisonings in Nephrology
Discuss different medications and poisonings seen in clinical practice
Review the clinical presentation of these poisonings
Describe the management of these poisonings

5. Disorders of Water Balance
Define osmolality and tonicity
Describe approach to hypo and hypernatremia with case presentations
Review steps and pitfalls in management of hyponatremia

6. Renovascular Hypertension
Review the pathophysiology of renovascular hypertension
Describe patients at risk for developing ischemic nephropathy
Describe diagnostic evaluation of renal artery stenosis
Discuss management of patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis

7. Chronic kidney Disease - A Call to Action
Facilitate timely testing and intervention in patients at risk for CKD.
Apply appropriate clinical measures to manage risk and increase patient safety in CKD.
Comanage and refer to nephrologists, when appropriate, to improve outcomes in CKD.

8. Dementia vs. Depression (diagnosis/management)
Distinguish between dementia and depression.
Identify the main causes of dementia and apply appropriate diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Utilize the Alzheimer's Association Pocketcard App for an updated easily accessible resource in primary care settings.
Recognize and manage depression in older patients.

9. Delirium (Prevention, diagnosis, and management)
Apply the Confusion Assessment Method to diagnose delirium
Identify and treat underlying causes of delirium
Maximize use of non-pharmachologic approaches to delirium.

10. Wet and Worried: How you can help Patients with Urinary Incontinence
Identify the types of urinary incontinence.
Select practical appropriate treatment strategies for patients with urinary incontinence.

11. Geriatric Physical Assessment: What is Normal and What is Not
Recognize the challenges to a quality geriatric physical examination.
Distinguish between clinical signs of normal aging and pathological findings in physical examination through a photographic review.

12. Successful Aging-How to Stay Sharp and Fit as the Birthdays fly by
Discover top tips for keeping a sharp mind and body for yourself and your aging patients.

13. Polypharmacy: More is not Better
Recognize polypharmacy and prioritize treatment medications
Select practical regimens for improved medication compliance.
Employ geriatric prescribing prinicples such as "start low and go slow" to lessen adverse outcomes.

14. Preventative Care for Older Patients: Get your shots and don't fall!
Implement current adult immunization schedule for older patients
Analyze the root cause of falls and implement appropriate preventative strategies.
 
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Instructors:
Allison Batchelor, MD, CMD
Mohanram Narayanan, MD, FACP, FNKF, FASN, FRCP(C)
 
 
CME Credit:
Physicians:  14 Hours
Physician Assistants:  14 Hours
Nurses:  14 Hours

Self Assessment Module (SAM):  No

Specialty Audience:
Family Medicine    Internal Medicine    

CME Sam Course #19237

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