Management of CKD and Hyperkalemia
Sponsored By AstraZeneca
The speaker will be Kripa Patel, PharmD, BCCCP speaking on the Management of CKD and Hyperkalemia.
Presentation description/objectives:
1. Recognize the health burden and prevalence of both CKD and hyperkalemia
2. Review screening and monitoring recommendations for patients with CKD
3. Understand CKD and hyperkalemia risk factors
4. Highlight current approaches to the management of CKD and hyperkalemia
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Kripa Patel, PharmD, BCCCP is a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) with AstraZeneca who covers the Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic therapeutic areas. In her current role as MSL, she partners with practitioners to improve Chronic Kidney Disease, Heart Failure, and hyperkalemia patient outcomes through providing education and assisting with clinical practice change initiatives throughout Kentucky. Prior to joining AstraZeneca in May of 2023, she was a Medical Intensive Care Unit Pharmacist at the University of Kentucky HealthCare since 2019. She is originally from Chicago, Illinois where she earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy. |
| She then transplanted to Lexington, KY for her PGY2 Critical Care residency at UK HealthCare. Following residency, Kripa spent a year covering the cardiothoracic, medical, surgical, trauma, and neurosurgical intensive care units at West Virginia University Medicine before taking her previous MICU role at UK HealthCare. | |
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