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Current Practices in Renal Imaging

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Program Description

Nuclear medicine renal imaging provides an assessment of a patient's urinary function.  This program will allow nuclear medicine professionals to understand how renal imaging and the radiopharmaceuticals are used in the diagnosis of kidney disease.

This is a knowledge based activity for pharmacists.  Learning Objectives: 

1. Describe the basic anatomy and physiology of the kidney as it relates to renal imaging.

2. Explain radiopharmaceutical pharmacokinetics as they relate to renal anatomy and physiology to provide a basis for radiopharmaceutical choice in specific disease states.
 
3. Explain the basic renogram and summarize quantitative parameters in scan interpretation.
 
4. Describe diuresis renography and suggest steps that can be taken to minimize non-diagnostic or false positive studies.
 
5. Describe the features of ACE inhibition renography with a focus on the physiological basis of the test, the difference between renal artery stenosis and renovascular hypertension, diagnostic criteria, the implications of a positive test.
 

Faculty

Nicki Hilliard, PharmD, BCNP
Professor of Nuclear Pharmacy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

CE Accreditation

Pharmacists:

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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This program provides pharmacy participants up to 2 contact hours

The program is provided at no cost to participants for a limited time. Statements of credit will be issued online upon successful completion of the post-test (> 70% correct).

Initial Release Date:  10-1-2008 / Expiration Date: 10-1-2011

Nuclear Medicine Technologists:  VOICE credit available soon

Physicians:  CME credit available soon

Funding

This program is supported by an educational grant from Covidien, Inc.

Instructions

  1. Complete the Current Practices in Renal Imaging online lesson
  2. For CE credit enroll in the Moodle learning management system and complete the quiz & program evaluation
  3. For technical help contact Christina Munoz at cmunoz@salud.unm.edu.

 

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If you are interested in providing an educational grant for the development of continuing education, please contact via email Nicki Hilliard or 501-686-6398


Coming soon....

Drug-Radiopharmaceutical Interactions