41st Renal Disease & Electrolyte Disorders Course

This forty first annual course is designed to provide the practitioner with state-of-the-art information regarding the pathogenesis and treatment of avariety of disease states. Recognized guest lecturers and members of our own faculty will give sharply focused clinically oriented talks on a range of topics. Upon completion of the course, the participant should be able to: •Explain the role of hypertension in the pathogenesis of CKD and the approach to treatment of hypertension in various stages of CKD •Identify the role of aldosterone in resistant hypertension and the current approach to the assessment and management of renovascular hypertension. •Outline the management of hytpertension in specific situations: Pregnancy, patients with ADPKD, patients on calcineurin inhibitors, and patients with neurological disorders •Summarize the results of key literature articles of the past year in areas of acid-base and elecgtrolyte disorders, CKD and dialysis, glomerulonephritis, and transplantation and be prepared to employ this knowledge in clinical practice