How to Use IRIS Kidney Guidelines in Practice
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians
Overview:
This presentation will review the latest IRIS Staging information and published veterinary research focused on chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patient management involves more than medications alone. The benefits of incorporating targeted nutritional support as part of the CKD patient’s management plan will be discussed. Diet options that can best manage the changes in kidney function as well as strategies to introduce nutritional support intervention to your CKD patients will be shared. Participants will access a comprehensive list of recommended commercial diets and insight into specific diet similarities and differences which will assist you in making patient-appropriate diet recommendations.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the updated IRIS guidelines and review recent CKD patient concerns regarding mineral and lean muscle mass status.
- Evaluate physical and laboratory changes that guide CKD Staging and targeted diet intervention.
- Identify appropriate commercial diet options and differentiate between these options for an individual CKD patient.
- Develop strategies for successful nutritional intervention in the CKD patients in your practice.
Korinn Saker, DVM, PhD, MS, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Korinn is a Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionist. She received her BS from Purdue University, MS in Animal Nutrition from Clemson University and DVM from the University of Georgia. Following 5 years in mixed animal practice, she completed a PhD in Nutrition and a Clinical Nutrition Residency at VMRCVM, where she spent 12 years as a board-certified clinical nutritionist and researcher, then moved to NCSU to initiate a veterinary nutrition program 2007. Since 2007 she divided her time between clinical work, teaching, training residents and interns, and pursuing research interests focused on nutrition for health and disease. Significant clinical focus has been directed towards nutritional support for critically ill patients. She has been active in building initiatives focused on diversity and inclusion. She has worked closely with the small animal primary care service at the NC State veterinary college and various local general veterinary practices. After 18 years as the Director of the Nutrition Program and the Clinical Nutrition Service at NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine and 38 years in both practice and academia she very recently retired. She continues to be actively involved in leadership roles for veterinary and human nutrition professional organizations.
Her career has included:
• 4 US Patents from research in nutritional immunity and oxidative stress
• 1 patent pending for an innovative feeding approach for cancer and critically ill pets
• Authored / co-authored 14 book chapters
• Has >145 peer-reviewed research publications
• Presented clinical and research topics nationally and internationally
• Leadership roles in professional veterinary nutrition organizations (ACVIM, ACVN, AAVN)
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
This activity is sponsored by Blue Buffalo.
