Acute kidney injury

There are numerous classification systems used in the literature for staging patients with AKI including: International Renal Interest Society (IRIS) guidelines (Table 1); Risk, In-jury, Failure, Loss...

Urethral obstruction in the male cat

Cats with urethral obstruction will typically show signs of urinary tract inflammation and discomfort. Signs may vary from mild to severe. Systemic signs are often not present until 24 hours after the...

Understanding and nursing acute kidney injury: a patient care report

AKI is defined as a rapid decline in renal function (Jack and Watson, 2008). It is differentiated from chronic renal disease (CRD) by their different pathologies. In AKI, blood does not adequately...

Is there consensus on feline urethral obstruction treatment?

Although many of the epidemiological studies reviewed for this article contain a lot of useful data, almost all have utilized the non-specific terms of feline urological syndrome or FLUTD as the...