Medicine Today
Internal Medicine Webcast Series
The Acute Cardio-Renal Syndrome:
How the Heart and the Kidney
Communicate with Each Other
Release Date: October 7, 2008
Renewal Date: October 7, 2009
Expiration Date: October 7, 2010
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Estimated Time of Completion: 60 minutes
Description
The Medicine Today, Internal Medicine Webcast Series features on-demand
CME webcasts. Each webcast consists of an hour-long video presentation
and related questions following the video.
Upon completing the CME activity, the post-test, the evaluation and registration forms, you will have an opportunity to print your CME certificate for your records.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review the current available data on the mechanism of the Cardio-renal Syndrome.
- Discuss the many treatment errors and treatment strategies regarding the Cardio-renal Syndrome.
- Describe the newer methods used to rid the body of excess fluids.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for general internists and subspecialists.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
William D. Carey, MD
Director, Center for Continuing Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Author / Faculty
Gary S. Francis, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Faculty Disclosure
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty has indicated that he may have a relationship which, in the context of his presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Gary Francis, MD | ||
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ARCA Discovery; Boehringer Ingelheim; Merck; Nile Therapeutics; Novartis |
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The following faculty has indicated he has no relationship which, in the context of his presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
William D. Carey, MD
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education.
