
Basics of Acute Kidney Injury
Basics of Acute Kidney Injury
The Main Learning Objectives
To define acute kidney injury (AKI) and discuss staging, etiology, and categories
To explain the pathophysiology of prerenal acute kidney injury with diagnosis and treatment
To contrast acute tubular necrosis: pathophysiology, causes, and treatment
To discuss acute allergic interstitial nephritis, acute tubular obstruction, and atheroembolic renal disease
To demonstrate the diagnosis and management of a patient with microscopic polyangiitis and glomerular disease
To recognize obstructive uropathy (post-renal AKI)
To brief the general approach in a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI)
Methods of Education to Achieve the Objectives
Every video has specific objectives to be achieved
Initially , participant will have pre-test as a part of assessment steps
Participant will watch videos accompanied by images, pdf files , figures or diagrams. At the end , participant must pass post-test to get certification of completion. Participant must follow the learning path in the platform
Evaluation of Scientific Activity by the Participants
By evaluation form after completing course , it will be send to participants. It is an important to know that it will be mandatory to get certification
Speaker
Dr. Amy Sussman
MD, Associate Professor of Medicine & Nephrologist at the University of Arizona (UA), USA
Course Policy
The course content was reviewed by scientific committee
There is no CME Hours for this kind of teaching content
The course content was designed for pre graduate and recent graduate