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Assessing Risk
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Management in Elderly
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Online CME Activity

Anemia in a 77-Year-Old Man with Hypertension and Diabetes

NOTE: Although this activity is no longer certified for credit, we believe that it contains important information and hope you’ll review, print or email it to a colleague.

Title:
Anemia in a 77-Year-Old Man with Hypertension and Diabetes
Expiration Date:
03/02/2007
Topics:
Cardiology, Diabetes, Genitourinary
Primary Audience:
Primary Care
Activity Format:
Patient Case Study
Credits:
2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 2.00 AANP

 
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Learning Objective

Participants should be able to identify 3 risk factors that adversely affect the progression of chronic kidney disease in the elderly and list 3 potential benefits of managing anemia in patients with CKD.

Accreditation

This educational program is conceived and credited in accordance with ACCME’s Essential Areas and Policies, including the 2004 Updated Standards for Commercial Support. Pri-Med faculty hail from a variety of institutions and participate in content development, along with Pri-Med Institute’s Advisory Boards and its expert review partners, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Tufts Health Care Institute. All final decisions about program content are the responsibility of Pri-Med Institute.

Credits Type Accreditation Statement Designation Statement
2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Pri-Med Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2.00 AANP Pri-Med Institute is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education programs by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. AANP Provider number 040308. This program has been approved for 2 contact hours of continuing education, which includes 1.0 hours of pharmacology.
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Faculty and Editorial Board

Written By: Richard S. Eisenstaedt, MD, Professor of Medicine, Temple University of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA;

Reviewed By: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Edited By: Jean Baker, MS, RD, Clinical Editor, Pri-Med Institute, Boston, MA;

Financial Disclosure Statement(s)

Dr Eisenstaedt has received honoraria from and has served as a speaker for Ortho Biotech.
Ms Baker has no financial relationships to disclose.
The content collaborators at DesignWrite have no financial relationships to disclose.

Education Partner:

Commercial Support:

Ortho Biotech

Pri-Med Disclaimer

The opinions, ideas, and recommendations expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty only and are not necessarily endorsed, nor do they necessarily reflect, those of their affiliated institutions, Pri-Med Institute, Pri-Med Institute Advisory Boards and Consultants, or M|C Communications, LLC.

Clinical judgment must guide each clinician in weighing the possible risks, benefits, or contraindications of any diagnostics, interventions or treatments discussed. Clinicians should review manufacturers’ product information and consider these with the recommendations of other authorities when applying the assessment and/or clinical management strategies discussed in this activity to the care of their patients.