CME/CE Podcast: Hyperkalemia and the Limits of Traditional Management

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Featuring faculty George Bakris, MD, moderated by Gregg Sherman, MD.

Summary
Hyperkalemia is a common condition in certain patient populations and can increase risks for hospitalizations and mortality, especially when potassium levels are not monitored appropriately. Furthermore, incorporating traditional treatment approaches for managing hyperkalemia have significant challenges, especially in high-risk patients.

In this first of two podcast episodes, Dr. George Bakris and Dr. Gregg Sherman discuss the causes, risk factors, and consequences of hyperkalemia, as well as traditional treatment approaches and their limitations.

This podcast was recorded and is being used with the permission of the presenters.

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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

• Recognize the chronic nature of hyperkalemia and its causes, risk factors, and consequences
• Discuss the management of hyperkalemia, including the challenges of dietary and traditional treatment approaches

This activity is accredited for CME/CE Credit.
The National Association for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The National Association for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

National Association for Continuing Education is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 121222. This activity is approved for 0.25 contact hours (which includes 0 hours of pharmacology).

Summary of Individual Disclosures
George Bakris: has disclosed the following financial relationships:

• Consultant: Bayer (Diabetic Kidney Disease), KBP BioSciences (Hypertension), Ionis (Hypertension), Alnylam (Hypertension), AstraZeneca (Hyperkalemia), Novo Nordisk (Diabetic Kidney Disease), Janssen (Hypertension), inRegen (Kidney Disease)
• Contracted Research: KBP BioSciences (Hypertension)

Angela Golden has disclosed the following financial relationships:

• Consultant: SetPoint (Obesity), WW (Obesity)
• Advisor: Currax (Obesity), Genesis (Obesity), Lilly (Obesity), Novo Nordisk (Obesity), (Obesity), Acela (Hypothyroidism)
• Speaker: Currax, Novo Nordisk (Obesity)
• Receipt of Royalty: Amazon (fiction books), Springer (obesity book)

Faculty, planners, guest patient(s) (if applicable), and moderators for this educational activity not listed in the Summary of Individual Disclosures above have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure of Commercial Support
This educational activity is supported by an independent educational grant from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.

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