Module 1: Understanding Chronic Kidney Disease (ckd)

Meet our Presenters

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• Andrew S. Narva, M.D., F.A.C.P.
• Dr. Narva is the Director of the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) at the National Institutes of Health. Prior to joining the NKDEP in 2006, he served as Director of the Kidney Disease Program for the Indian Health Service (IHS). Dr. Narva continues to serve as the Chief Clinical Consultant for Nephrology for IHS and to provide care for patients at Zuni Pueblo through a telemedicine clinic. Dr. Narva is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology Subspecialty Board. He has served as a member of the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) Expert Panel, the National Quality Forum Renal Steering Committee, the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Work Group on Diabetes in Chronic Kidney Disease, and the Medical Review Board of End Stage Renal Disease Network 15.

Participants will be able to:

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• Associate kidney function with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and understand significance and limitations of eGFR in assessing individual patients.
• Associate kidney damage with urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) and understand significance and limitations of UACR in assessing individual patients.
• Use eGFR and UACR when counseling patients.
• Define the glomerular filtration rate that qualifies Medicare beneficiaries for medical nutrition therapy referral.

Chronic kidney disease basics

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• Risk factors for CKD and how nutrition may play a role in prevention and treatment
• Burden of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure
• Identify and monitor CKD
• Renal anatomy, physiology, and functional assessment
• Medical Nutrition Therapy for CKD

Risk factors for CKD

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• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Family history of kidney disease
• Cardiovascular disease
• Obesity
• Acute kidney injury

• USRDS 2016