Eli A. Friedman, M.D.
Within the past three years, Dr. Friedman has received grant/research support from Alteon.
Release Date: 07/30/2002
Termination Date: 07/30/2005
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
 
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, the participant should be able to:
- Discuss how renal failure in a person with diabetes may result from causes other than diabetic nephropathy
- Discuss the occurrence of causes of renal disease other than diabetic nephropathy in diabetic persons and enumerate the varied therapeutic options open to the uremic diabetic patient
- Describe early perturbations in diabetic nephropathy
- Discuss the significance of renal functional changes in early (incipient) diabetic nephropathy
- Evaluate the comparative risk/benefit of pancreas transplants as a therapeutic option for uremic individuals with type 1 diabetes.