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Filtering the KDIGO Guidelines

Listen to this engaging, case-based vodcast series hosted by renowned Canadian nephrologists and their guest peers as they converse about the recently published 2021 KDIGO guidelines for the management of diabetes in CKD and the management of blood pressure in CKD respectively. Learn at your own pace with these short duration vodcasts that highlight practice points pertaining to the importance of RAASi in cardiorenal management and its consequence of hyperkalemia. Walk away with evidence-based suggestions to contemplate for your own practice.

Learning Vodcast Series Program

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About this Program

RAASi Practice points for the management of diabetes and CKD

Learning Objectives

Following listening to the vodcast, you will be able to:

  • Discuss the latest KDIGO recommendations pertaining to RAASi usage and hyperkalemia management in patients with CKD and diabetes
  • Recognize why RAASi should be maintained in patients with CKD and diabetes
  • Review the strategies available to avoid RAASi discontinuation in patients with CKD and diabetes

RAASi Practice points for the management of blood pressure and CKD

Learning Objectives

Following listening to the vodcast, you will be able to:

  • Discuss the latest KDIGO recommendations pertaining to RAASi usage and hyperkalemia management in patients with hypertension and CKD
  • Recognize the importance of RAASi maintenance in patients with resistant hypertension and CKD
  • Review strategies to reinitiate RAASi usage after stoppage in patients with hypertension and CKD while managing hyperkalemia

Videos

RAASI PRACTICE POINTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND CKD
RAASI PRACTICE POINTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES AND CKD

Faculty

Daniel Schwartz, Co-host

MD, FRCP(C)
Medical Director, Fraser Health Home Peritoneal Dialysis Program Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC

Philip McFarlane

MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor University of Toronto Clinical Investigator, Division of Nephrology St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, ON

Sheldon Tobe

MD, MScCH (HPTE), FRCPC, FACP, FAHA
Hypertension and Nephrology Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Northern Ontario School of Medicine Post Graduate Fellowship Director, Adult Nephrology, University of Toronto Toronto, ON
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