Eli A. Friedman, M.D.
Dr. Friedman has received grant/research support from Alteon within the past three years.
Release Date: 04/28/2002
Termination Date: 04/28/2005
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim 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:
- Recognize the importance of hypertension as a cause of kidney failure
- Discuss the dilemma of persistent high renal failure despite declining cardiac and cerebrovascular deaths in hypertensive individuals
- Discuss why linking hypertension to kidney failure in essential hypertension may be in error.