Peer Advisor Program: Prolonging Survival in Hemodialysis Patients with Active Vitamin D Therapy

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CME Activity Notes:
This activity is part of a Peer Advisor, a series of multimedia CME activities developed with nationally recognized thought leaders in nephrology who treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease.

To view the Peer Advisor in its entirety, please click below.

Course Objectives:
This multimedia CME activity is intended for nephrologists who treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Upon completing this multimedia CME activity, you should be able to:

1. Describe the relationship between chronic kidney disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism.
2. Identify and contrast treatment options used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease.
3. Discuss the survival benefit associated with active vitamin D therapy in dialysis patients.

Accreditation:
This activity was reviewed for relevance, accuracy of content, balance of presentation, and time required for participation by Edward Walshe, MD; Nicole Weinreb, MD; Abigail Zavod, MD, MPH.

Release Date: December 2006

Expiration Date: December 31, 2007

Millennium CME Institute, Inc.,is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Millennium CME Institute, Inc., designates this educational program for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

© 2006 Millennium CME Institute, Inc. All rights reserved including translation into other languages. No part of this activity maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from Millennium CME Institute, Inc.

Faculty Disclosure:
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., endorses the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support. All faculty are required to disclose any commercial relationships or personal benefit with companies whose products are discussed in educational presentations and with companies who have provided the commercial support for this activity. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

The faculty listed below have declared that they have no relationships to disclose:

Mark A. Gendreau, MD

Edward Walshe, MD

David C. Howard

Nicole Weinreb, MD

Tim I. Robinson

Abigail Zavod, MD, MPH

The faculty listed below have declared the following arrangements and/or affiliations:

Dennis L. Andress, MD: Consultant—Shire, Quintiles; Speakers Bureau—Abbott

Daniel W. Coyne, MD: Consultant—Abbott; Speakers Bureau—Abbott, Amgen

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, FASN, FAHA: Consultant, Grant/Research Support, Speakers Bureau—Abbott

Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, FACP: Speakers Bureau—Abbott, Amgen, Genzyme

Stuart M. Sprague, DO: Grant/Research Support, Speakers Bureau—Abbott

Myles S. Wolf, MD, MMSc: Speakers Bureau—Abbott, Genzyme Corporation, Shire

Signed disclosure forms are on file at Millennium CME Institute, Inc.

This CME-certified activity contains information on commercial products/devices that are unlabeled for use or investigational uses of products not yet approved.

Directions:
For each activity in the multimedia CME program, the learner should read the learning objectives and review the content in its entirety. After reviewing the material, the learner should complete the Activity Self-assessment Test consisting of a series of multiple-choice questions.

Upon successfully completing this activity as designed and achieving a passing score of 70% or higher on the Activity Self-assessment Test, participants will receive a continuing education credit letter awarding the appropriate credit.

Estimated time to complete this activity as designed is 1.0 hours.

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