Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome represents a progressive, interconnected continuum in which type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, and overlapping cardiometabolic risk factors mutually accelerate one another’s progression. In everyday family medicine practice, however, these conditions are often managed in disease-specific silos. Albuminuria testing remains underutilized, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) trends are frequently interpreted in isolation, and clinicians must reconcile multiple parallel guideline frameworks – often within a single, time-pressured visit. The result is missed opportunities for early identification and integrated risk modification across organ systems. By empowering multidisciplinary care teams with education on the interconnected CKM landscape, clinicians can move beyond isolated diagnoses, identify risk sooner, and deliver proactive, protective therapies that improve outcomes across CKM care.
This CME Outfitters livestream symposium equips family medicine clinicians with practical, workflow-ready strategies to recognize and manage CKM disease as a unified continuum. In this activity, participants will explore the shared pathophysiology linking cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic disease; sharpen their use of combined eGFR and uACR screening and KDIGO risk stratification; and apply guideline-aligned, patient-centered approaches that include shared decision-making and multidisciplinary coordination to optimize cardiorenal protection across overlapping comorbidities.