Medical Education Webinar Series

This 1.5-hour course will review current peritoneal dialysis modalities, discuss the steps necessary for determining the initial PD prescription, as well as ways to evaluate and enhance the prescription according to current guidelines and recommendations.

In this course, we will describe the role of the kidneys and sodium glucose transporters (SGLTs) in glucose homeostasis. We will review diagnosis, prevalence, and current treatment options for diabetes and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and explain the mechanism of action of SGLT2 inhibitors. We will also highlight the importance of early prescribing of SGLT2 inhibitors in CKD and DKD.

The ninth module in our Critical Care series is designed for healthcare professionals interested in critical care education.

In this course, we will define an optimal dialysis start, discuss how to identify urgent start dialysis patients, list appropriate situations for urgent start peritoneal dialysis (PD) and describe factors necessary for achieving successful urgent start in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. We will also assess chronic dialysis options for urgent starts and describe steps involved in transitioning to these therapies.

This course will provide an overview of key principles associated with the management of anemia in CKD, including factors that may contribute to suboptimal response to anemia treatment. It will also address evidenced-based approaches for patients who do not respond adequately to anemia treatment through series of clinical vignettes.

This 1.5 hour course discusses the purpose of peritoneal testing, how to perform a PET, identifies common mistakes made during the PET, reviews the parameters in a PET lab report, and demonstrates how to apply PET results to a PD prescription. Case study examples are used.