Education
- IRIS Staging System
- Risk Factors for CKD
- Early Diagnosis of CKD
- Creatinine (Dog)
- Urine Collection
- Urine Specific
Gravity - Proteinuria
- Hypertension
- GFR
- GFR in Practice
- Preventing Aminoglycoside-induced AKI
- Treatment of Vomiting, Nausea and Inappetence in Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Diets for Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Reassessment of "Normal" Values in Dogs and Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Renal Biomarkers
- Hypercalcemia in CKD
- Differentiation between Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Recent advances in Mineral and Bone Disorders in CKD
- Utility of Creatinine, UPC, and SDMA in the Early Diagnosis of CKD
- Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in cats and dogs: The emerging role of angiotensin II receptor blockers
IRIS Educational Topics
IRIS was created to advance the scientific understanding of kidney diseases in small animals. A primary mission of IRIS is to help veterinary practitioners better diagnose, understand and treat kidney diseases in cats and dogs. To facilitate the achievement of its educational mission, the IRIS Board has provided the following discussions of important topics in veterinary nephrology.
These documents are reviewed annually and -if necessary- revised by the IRIS Board. When available new topics are added.
Topic 01 – IRIS Staging System
J Elliott, London, UK and ADJ Watson, Sydney, Australia
Topic 02 – Risk Factors for CKD
Xavier Roura, Bellaterra, Spain
Topic 03 – Early Diagnosis of CKD
Harriet M. Syme, London, UK
Topic 04 – Creatinine (Dog)
HP Lefebvre, Toulouse, France, ADJ Watson, Sydney, Australia and R Heiene, Oslo, Norway
Topic 05 – Urine Collection
A Hüttig, Reutlingen, Germany
Topic 06 – Urine Specific Gravity
ADJ Watson, Sydney, Australia, HP Lefebvre, Toulouse, France and J Elliott, London, UK
Topic 07 – Proteinuria
GF Grauer, Manhattan, KS, USA
Topic 08 – Hypertension
SA Brown, Athens, USA
Topic 09 – GFR
R Heiene, Oslo, Norway, HP Lefebvre, Toulouse, France
Topic 10 –GFR in Practice: assessment of glomerular filtration rate in dogs
R Heiene, Oslo, Norway, HP Lefebvre, Toulouse, France and ADJ Watson, Sydney, Australia
Topic 11 – Preventing aminoglycosides-induced AKI
The IRIS Board
Topic 12 – Treatment of Vomiting, Nausea and Inappetence in Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
Jonathan Elliott, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK
Topic 13 – Diets for Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
David J. Polzin, DVM, PhD Dip ACVIM
Topic 14 – Reassessment of "normal" values in dogs and cats with chronic kidney disease
Gregory F. Grauer, KS, USa
Topic 15 – Differentiation between Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease (2018)
Gilad Segev, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Topic 16 – Recent advances in Mineral and Bone Disorders in CKD (2018)
Henk van den Broek & Jonathan Elliott, London, UK
Topic 17 – Utility of Creatinine, UPC, and SDMA in the Early Diagnosis of CKD (2018)
Gregory F. Grauer, KS, USa
Topic 18 – Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in cats and dogs: The emerging role of angiotensin II receptor blockers (2018)
Amanda Coleman, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Jonathan Elliott, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
