Falla Renal

Volume 10 • Number 3 • May 2011

NephSAP

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Nephrology Self-Assessment Program

Acute Kidney Injury and
Critical Care Nephrology
Co-Editors:
Patrick T. Murray, MD,
and Kathleen D. Liu, MD
■ Editor-in-Chief: Stanley Goldfarb, MD
■ Deputy Editor: Raymond R. Townsend, MD

NephSAP
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Stanley Goldfarb, MD
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, PADEPUTY EDITOR
Raymond R. Townsend, MD
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, PA

MANAGING EDITOR
Gisela Deuter, BSN, MSA
Washington, DC

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Rajiv Agarwal, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

David J. Cohen, MD
Columbia University
New York, NY

Michael J. Choi, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MDMichael Emmett, MD
Baylor University
Dallas, TX

Linda F. Fried, MD, MPH
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Richard J. Glassock, MD
Professor Emeritus, The David Geffen School
of Medicine at the University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Kathleen D. Liu, MD
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Kevin J. Martin, MBBCh
St. Louis University School ofMedicine
St. Louis, MO

Rajnish Mehrotra, MD
Harbor UCLA Research and Education Institute
Torrance, CA

Patrick T. Murray, MD
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

Patrick H. Nachman, MD

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Preface
NephSAP® is one of the three major publications of the American Society of Nephrology
(ASN). Its primary goals are self-assessment, education, and the provision of Continuing
MedicalEducation (CME) credits and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credits for
individuals certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Members of the ASN
automatically receive NephSAP with their monthly issue of The Journal of the American
Society of Nephrology (JASN).
EDUCATION: Medical and Nephrologic information continually accrues at a rapid pace.
Bombarded from all sides with demandson their time, busy practitioners, academicians, and
trainees at all levels are increasingly challenged to review and understand all this new material.
Each bimonthly issue of NephSAP is dedicated to a specific theme, i.e., to a specific area
of clinical nephrology, hypertension, dialysis, and transplantation, and consists of an Editorial,
a Syllabus, a Commentary on the Syllabus, andself-assessment questions. Over the course of
24 months, all clinically relevant and key elements of nephrology will be reviewed and updated.
The authors of each issue digest, assimilate, and interpret key publications from the previous
issues of other years and integrate this new material with the body of existing information.
SELF-ASSESSMENT: Twenty-five single-best-answer questions will follow the50 to 75 pages
of Syllabus text. The examination is available online with immediate feedback. Those answering 75% correctly will receive CME credit, and receive the answers to all the questions along
with brief discussions and an updated bibliography. To help answer the questions, readers may
go to the ASN web site, where relevant material from UpToDate in nephrology will be posted.
Thus,members will find a new area reviewed every 2 months, and they will be able to test their
understanding with our quiz. This format will help readers stay abreast of developing areas of
clinical nephrology, hypertension, dialysis, and transplantation, and the review and update will
support those taking certification and recertification examinations.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION: Most state andlocal medical agencies as well as
hospitals are demanding documentation of requisite CME credits for licensure and for staff
appointments. A maximum of 48 credits annually can be obtained by successfully completing
the NephSAP examination. In addition, individuals certified by the American Board of Internal
Medicine may obtain credits towards Maintenance of Certification (MOC) by successfully...