Fluid and electrolyte disorders are basic management issues for emergency physicians, hospitalists, pharmacists and all healthcare providers on both an acute and chronic basis, yet it is unusual for specific education addressing these issues to be offered beyond the third year of medical school.
Hyperkalemia is a common metabolic problem requiring ongoing management in the chronic care setting. Severe hyperkalemia, with potassium (K) levels ≥ 6.5 mEq/L, can occur and is a potentially life-threatening electrolyte imbalance. Patients with such high levels are often admitted to the hospital and frequently require emergency management with intravenous therapy and may require hemodialysis, incurring significant expense and human resources in the hospital. The goal of this educational activity is to review effective hyperkalemia management strategies, to provide practitioners with information useful in decreasing the incidence of these severe exacerbations, and ultimately reduce the need to manage patients in the hospital setting.
The Hospital Quality Foundation, CE Symmetry and CMEsolutions are excited to provide this innovative, accredited educational activity. We are also proud to partner with the developers of Body Interact to add a robust and exciting case management component to this activity.
The Hyperkalemia Management site has two complete sections of content. There are dedicated sections for Acute Hyperkalemia and for Chronic Hyperkalemia. The didactic educational content will provide you updated approaches to managing patients with excessive levels of potassium and will even challenge your clinical skills via the patient simulations created just for this activity. We hope you will find both sections to be of value to you in your practice.
https://www.hyperkalemia-mgmt.com
