Prevention of Chronic Kidney Diseases

Webinar Talk : CKD Prevention & Management.

Time & date : 24^th September 2019. 18:00 GMT+3

Talk Needs :

• Rapid climb in Prevalence of CKD in view of increasing age of world population.
• Emerging research data over the last decades showing that CKD is only “the tip of the iceberg “for wider health problems.
• The enormous cost of end-stage kidney disease treatments 
• Appreciation of CKD impact on other major health factors like cardiovascular disease among others.
• Recent advances in effective measures to prevent CKD progression.

Talks Aim:

• Define CKD and its stages and to understand the tools of its timed diagnosis.
• To Increase awareness of situations and identify categories of population in which early screening will help to target prevention and early treatment measures.
• How to Identify and achieve goals of treatment in high-risk patients with DM, HTN and CVD.
• Complications of CKD and how to approach and treat.
• When to refer a patient with CKD for expert opinion “ to nephrologist”
• Medication to avoid/ modify dose in patients with CKD.

Talk Plan:

18:00-18:50 talk.

18:50-19:00 discussion (Q&A).

Question for a candidate to think of (after the talk):

• If your patient has eGFR of 65 ml/min, does this mean that he definitely has CKD?
• What is the most common inherited condition for CKD and how is it diagnosed?
• At which CKD stage/stages do we need closer monitoring of patients?
• What are the targets treatment for HTN and DM in CKD patients?
• Which modalities of treatment for end-stage renal disease do you know of?