NWL Kidney Care podcast
Subscribe to the NWL Kidney Care podcast – a bite size podcast where chronic kidney disease management is made easy for health care professionals working in primary care
It’s official, our first two episodes have now been released!
To listen and subscribe click on the following link and select your preference to follow the show (e.g. apple podcast, Spotify) https://kidneycare.buzzsprout.com
1 – Bananas are not the problem! Hyperkalaemia and CKD No one wants to deal with a raised potassium on a Friday evening! But how severe is a potassium of 6 and how quickly do we need to act? Should we recommend strict diets? What about medication, when should we consider stopping RAASi agents or when should instead consider adding potassium binders?
2 – Lifestyle, CVD and CKD: spot the differences Initial approach of CKD and lifestyle! Should we be more liberal with glycaemic control in in diabetic kidney disease? How should we adjust the blood pressure targets in according to albuminuria and frailty?
Coming soon! 22nd of October our next episode release:
3 – “Chronic” is not wicked or awful, as your teenager might tell you! We know that chronic kidney disease happens mostly in the context of diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and making a CKD diagnosis rellies of eGFR and urine ACR results over time. But, it is equally important to understand the cause. So, when should we suspect of an different cause and involve kidney specialists?
Ask us a question here to be answered on our 10th episode!