PULSE: Albumin and Loop Diuretics for Fluid Management: Dynamic Duo or Double Trouble?

March 9, 2022

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

Target Audience

Pharmacist

Learning Objectives

Explain the pharmacokinetic interaction between albumin and loop diuretics and how that may affect diuretic efficacy

Identify the available literature for combination therapy with albumin and a loop diuretic in the setting of edema

Discuss patients who may benefit from albumin and loop diuretic combination therapy

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: 
03/09/2022
Course expires: 
04/09/2022
Event starts: 
03/09/2022 - 1:00pm EST
Event ends: 
03/09/2022 - 2:00pm EST
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New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.

UPMC Presbyterian - Teams
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Shawn Meehl, PharmD
PGY1 Pharmacy Resident
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital

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.
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