November 19, 2025

Managing Heart Failure and CKD in Primary Care

59 minutes

Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Consultant Nephrologist Dr Darren Green about patients with Type 2 Diabetes who also have Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure.

We go through a hypothetical case to illustrate some of the finer points of management that can commonly get missed or might not be appreciated. A really detailed talk full of useful practice enhancing tips for this complex group of patients.

Disclaimer: This episode was supported by Greater Manchester NHS who received support from Boehringer.

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Resources:

Dr Kevin Fernando counselling diabetic patients starting an SGLT2 Inhibitors like Dapagliflozin or Empagliflozin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc99SdtlsyU

Diabetes UK counselling sheets on SGLT2 inhibitors: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/looking-after-diabetes/treatments/tablets-and-medication/sglt2-inhibitors

Kidney Care UK Patient Booklets: https://kidneycareuk.org/get-support/free-resources/patient-information-booklets/

Pumping Marvellous Heart Failure Charity with patient resources: https://pumpingmarvellous.org/

International Society for Nephrology Toolkit for Initiating or Changing RAASi - Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Inhibitors (like ACEis such as Lisinopril or Ramipril, or ARBs like Candesartan on Losartan): https://www.theisn.org/initiatives/toolkits/raasi-toolkit/

Royal College of General Practitioners Acute Renal Failure Toolkit: https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/info.php?id=899

CONFIDENCE trial: Finerenone with Empagliflozin in Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes | New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2410659

ATLAS trial: Efficacy and safety of high-dose lisinopril in chronic heart failure patients at high cardiovascular risk, including those with diabetes mellitus: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11071803/

Metformin lactic acidosis Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2084896

UK AKI Summit report UKKA AKI Summit Report + Recommendations: https://share.google/7uw1GPQ5sV2riJtiV

RCGP AKI follow up post discharge recommendations: https://bjgpopen.org/content/early/2020/06/15/bjgpopen20X101054/tab-figures-data?versioned=true

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