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Acute Kidney Injury: Clinical Advances, Real-Time Data, and CMS Readiness

Categories: Critical Care
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About Course

⏰ On demand

📚 One (1) contact hour

Presenter: Tom Calabro, MSN, RN

Acute kidney injury is a frequent and complex clinical problem across acute and critical care settings. In practice, decreased urinary output is often the point at which concern is first raised yet this finding frequently reflects a later stage of kidney injury rather than its earliest onset. Earlier physiologic changes may be present well before traditional triggers prompt clinical action.

Join us as we review current definitions, staging criteria, and risk factors for acute kidney injury, along with recent advances in AKI monitoring and management. We will examine how real-time urinary output and physiologic data can support earlier recognition, strengthen clinical judgment, and inform timely intervention at the bedside.

We will also explore emerging CMS priorities related to AKI, including how early detection, monitoring, and documentation affect quality metrics and patient outcomes. The content is designed to support your clinical reasoning, improve escalation decisions, and help align daily practice with evolving standards of care.

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What Will You Learn?

  • After completing this activity, you will be able to:
  • Describe current definitions, staging criteria, and common risk factors associated with acute kidney injury.
  • Explain why decreased urinary output often represents a later indicator of AKI rather than an early warning sign.
  • Interpret real-time urinary output and physiologic data to support earlier identification of kidney injury.
  • Apply evidence-based strategies for AKI monitoring and timely intervention in clinical practice.
  • Explain how emerging CMS priorities relate to AKI detection, documentation, and quality measurement.

Course Content

Acute Kidney Injury: Clinical Advances, Real-Time Data, and CMS Readiness

  • AKI: Clinical Advances, Real Time Data & CMS Readiness
    01:01:09
  • Attestation
  • Post Quiz

Student Ratings & Reviews

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There was a LOT of information. While I enjoyed the learning experience I felt the narrator spoke way too fast (there was a lot of info on this topic!), and the slides were too small to read which surprised me.
I did take notes but I am a visual learner and wanted to read those slides.
Over all, a great lecture by someone who knew his topic!
MJ
1 month ago
Yes it was an excellent presentation. I worked in post surgical care for 36 years and now do perdiem RN home care. Still valuable info.
BB
1 month ago
very informative.
EM
1 month ago
It was extremely informative and reinforced my understanding of how to prevent an AKI and assist the patients I care for in the treatment of their AKIs in relation to CBP/decreased CO states, excessive use of diuretics/dehydration, and nephrotoxic medications. As a bedside nurse, it encourages me to accurately document and trend my patient's data to better detect their risk for an AKI.
JM
1 month ago
Great info. Really needed to review
TC
1 month ago
I learned a lot more about creatinine
NV
1 month ago
This was super informative and interesting. I learned a lot of surprising tidbits regarding the kidneys and function!

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