RAASi Therapy, Diabetes, and Hyperkalemia: Halting Therapy is NOT the Only Option

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Patients diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease can benefit from RAAS inhibitors, provided that certain guidelines are followed.

Join Drs. George Bakris and Biff Palmer in a review of RAAS inhibitor titration dosage, obstacles to optimization of the dosing of these therapies in patients with comorbidities, and the use of potassium binders for the management of hyperkalemia as an alternative to discontinuing RAASi therapy.

Educational information

Global Learning Collaborative is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Global Learning Collaborative designates this enduring material for a maximum of .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty

• Biff F. Palmer, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
• George L. Bakris, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Am Heart Assoc. Comprehensive Hypertension Center, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

Disclosures

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Vifor Pharma.

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