DNS Support Line - April 2021 Issue

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This newsletter includes the following articles for CPEU:

• A Guide to Enteral Nutrition for Patients with Renal Failure
• Common Medication Issues in Dialysis Patients
• Micronutrient Losses in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 3
Performance Indicators: 1.2.1, 4.2.6, 6.2.1

Learning Objectives

• Discuss appropriate indications for common medications used to manage complications of end stage kidney disease in patients requiring hemodialysis.
• Identify the nutritional differences between acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, and end stage renal disease and offer appropriate enteral nutrition recommendations for patients within each classification of renal failure.
• List micronutrients lost during continuous renal replacement therapy and identify micronutrients that may require supplementation during this therapy.