Continuing Education 

Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: March 1, 2025 

SCCM Product Code: SWEB25A

ACE expiration date: April 1, 2026

Estimated time for activity completion: 1.25 hours 

• Windows
• Mac

Learning Objectives 

• Define the different etiologies of AKI arising in cirrhosis and how they impact treatment and outcomes
• Describe how to apply ADQI guideline-recommended vasoconstrictor therapy for patients who meet diagnostic criteria for HRS/AKI
• Discuss the comprehensive management of patients with multiorgan failure in the ICU and the pathway to liver transplant

Target Audience  

This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of all practitioners who care for critically ill patients, including: 

• Advanced practice nurses
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Physicians
• Physician assistants
• Surgeons

Type of Activity  

This online activity will improve the knowledge and competence of critical care physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and allied ICU team members managing patients with decompensated cirrhosis, the multiorgan failure that can result, and differing etiologies of AKI in cirrhosis, including HRS/AKI. 

Competencies  

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence, or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies: 

• Medical knowledge
• Patient Care

Claiming Credit 

You can access the course materials; complete your evaluation; and claim your ACE credit by logging in to your MySCCM account with your SCCM Customer ID and password, then clicking on the icon for the course you are enrolled in under the MyLearning tab. If needed, you can click "Forgot my password" to reset your secure password.  

Credit Hours  

Physicians:

Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Society of Critical Care Medicine and CiME. The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this enduring educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

The ACCME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

Nurses: The Updated ADQI Guidelines for AKI in Cirrhosis Assessment and Management of HRS/AKI in the ICU activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 1.25 contact hours.  

Pharmacists: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This enduring educational activity provides up to 1.25 contact hours of continuing education credit.  

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SCCM reports to a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, which will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The tracking system will make CPE data for each participant available to the state boards of pharmacy where the participant is licensed or registered. After CPE units are processed by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE. 

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 1.25 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. 

This educational activity was supported by an educational grant from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

SCCM Grievance Procedures Policy

To provide due process in the evaluation and mediation of grievances concerning ACE activities, this Grievance Procedures Policy was developed. Grievances may concern, but are not limited to, the awarding of credit for individual participation and/or registration fees issues.

• A written complaint or grievance should be submitted to the Education Department.
• The Education Department will attempt to resolve the grievance of the complainant.
• If the initial response is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Executive Vice President (EVP) for action.
• If the response from the CEO/EVP is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the SCCM Executive Committee. The ruling of the Executive Committee will be final.

Disclosures 

The content of this activity has been peer reviewed and has been approved for compliance. The faculty and contributors have indicated the following financial relationships, which have been mitigated through an established conflict-of-interest resolution process and have stated that these reported relationships will not have any impact on their ability to provide unbiased content. 
 
Planners: 

Kwame Akuamoah-Boateng, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCM

Lead APP Division of Acute Care Surgical Services

University Teaching of Butare

Butare, Rwanda

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

TJ Boron, MSN, RN

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Victor Dong, MD

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Jody C. Olson, MD, FACP, FCCM

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Corinna Sicoutris, ACNP, MSN, FCCM

Director of Advanced Practice

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Ram Subramanian, MBA, MD, FCCM

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Disclosure(s): Baxter: Consultant; EGenesis: Consultant

Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FAAP, FCCM

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Faculty: 

Victor Dong, MD

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Jody C. Olson, MD, FACP, FCCM

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Ram Subramanian, MBA, MD, FCCM

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Disclosure(s): Baxter: Consultant; EGenesis: Consultant