Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
This presentation reviews the basic evaluation of chronic kidney disease, nomenclature and treatment recommendations.
Objectives for Chronic Kidney Disease – Early Detection and Treatment:
1) Review the prevalence and incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the importance of early detection and treatment.
2) Provide education for Primary Care Providers in the identification and evaluation of patients with Risk Factors for CKD.
3) Know guidelines for the diagnosis of CKD using the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urinary Albumin to Creatinine Ratio (ACR).
4) Learn about the National Kidney Foundation Risk Map and use to identify patients for referral to nephrology specialty care.
5)Understand recent advances in treatment of CKD
Dr. Spry is a stockholder with Home Dialysis of Lincoln.
The Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians and designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
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Dr. Leslie Spry was born in Lexington, Nebraska and grew up on a farm and graduated from Lomax Country school, Oconto High School, and University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He attended the University of Nebraska School of Medicine in Omaha and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at University of Nebraska Hospitals. Dr. Spry also completed a research and clinical fellowship in Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis and was faculty at St. Louis University School of Medicine from 1982 to 1987. He was certified in Critical Care Medicine while on faculty at St. Louis University and came to Lincoln in 1987 where he started Lincoln Nephrology & Hypertension in 1996. He has been the Medical Director of the Dialysis Center of Lincoln since 1987. Dr. Spry is the past President of the Nebraska Medical Association and an active volunteer and blogger with the National Kidney Foundation. He remains active in the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation.
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