RTH Zoom Educational Series - Session 2 - Nephrology
18 March 2020 1:00pm–2:00pm
Objectives
- Discuss Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease diagnosis and management.
- Define the appropriate time for referral of patients with low GFR/CKD to Nephrologists.
- Common medications and pharmacological considerations.
- CKD management difficulties in the rural and remote context.
Panel
- Dr Clyson Mutatiri, Director of Renal Medicine, Bundaberg Hospital
- Dr Philip Boyle, Senior Nephrologist, Toowoomba Hospital Renal Unit
- Leanne Brown, Nephrology Nurse Practitioner (Weipa Qld), Kidney Health Australia.
- Rural Generalist, to be confirmed