Pulse: Balancing the Charge: Electrolyte Imbalances After Solid Organ Transplant

October 30, 2024

New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.

 A significant problem in current practice is the inconsistent identification and management of electrolyte imbalances in solid organ transplant recipients, which can be exacerbated by immunosuppressive regimens and post-transplant complications. These imbalances, if not properly addressed, can lead to adverse clinical outcomes and graft dysfunction. This educational session seeks to provide healthcare providers with the knowledge to better understand, diagnose, and treat these imbalances to improve patient care and long-term transplant success.

Target Audience

Pharmacist

Learning Objectives

a) Discuss the pathophysiology of electrolyte imbalances in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients
b) Describe the clinical manifestations of electrolyte imbalances in SOT recipients
c) Identify the treatment strategies for electrolyte imbalances in SOT recipients

Additional Information

AttachmentSize
File Audience Disclosure slide_32.pptx460.23 KB
PDF icon Ismail_Handout.pdf146.21 KB
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Course opens: 
10/30/2024
Course expires: 
11/30/2024
Event starts: 
10/30/2024 - 12:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/30/2024 - 1:30pm EDT

New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.

 A significant problem in current practice is the inconsistent identification and management of electrolyte imbalances in solid organ transplant recipients, which can be exacerbated by immunosuppressive regimens and post-transplant complications. These imbalances, if not properly addressed, can lead to adverse clinical outcomes and graft dysfunction. This educational session seeks to provide healthcare providers with the knowledge to better understand, diagnose, and treat these imbalances to improve patient care and long-term transplant success.

UPMC Presbyterian
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Ghaleb Ismailj, PharmD

 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Pharmacy (CPE)

This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Please login or register to take this course.