OVERVIEW
Growth Failure in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Considerations for Benefit Design is organized by North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME) and would be held during Jul 15, 2016 - Jul, 15, 2017.
The target audience for this medical event are pharmacy directors, medical directors, and other decision makers working in managed care organizations. This CME conference has been approved with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
• Summarize the short- and long-term clinical, psychosocial, and economic consequences of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-related growth failure in pediatric patients
• Describe how the multifactorial etiology of growth failure in CKD (eg, metabolic, nutritional, disturbances in growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor axis) impacts treatment decisions
• Identify plan strategies to address provider and patient barriers to the successful management of CKD-related growth failure in children
• Apply current and emerging evidence and available guidance on the use of rhGH in pediatric patients with CKD-related growth failure to plan benefit discussions and review
SPECIALITIES
Urologic PathologyPediatric NephrologyDevelopmental Behavioral Pediatrics