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.

IRIS Educational Topics

Fundamentals of Veterinary Nephrology

Risk Factors for CKD

Urine Collection

Urine Specific Gravity

GFR

Proteinuria

Renal Biomarkers

Creatinine (Dog)

Diagnosis and Staging

IRIS Staging System

Early Diagnosis of CKD

Reassessment of "normal" values in dogs and cats with CKD

Differentiation between Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease

Creatinine, UPC, and SDMA in the Early Diagnosis of CKD

Treatment

Treatment of vomiting, and nausea in cats with chronic kidney disease

Diets for cats withChronic Kidney Disease

Hypertension

Recent advances in Mineral and Bone Disorders in CKD

Hypercalcemia in chronickidney disease

Understanding Extracorporeal Renal Replacement Therapy (ERRT)

New therapeutic approaches to management of anemia and iron metabolism in CKD

Specific Diseases

Preventing aminoglycosides-induced AKI

Feline ureteral obstruction: A practitioners guide

Pyelonephritis

Acute kidney injury

Key Pathways of CKD

Inhibition of RAAS in cats and dogs: The emerging role of angiotensin II receptor blockers

A review of the role of fibroblast growth factor 23

‍ ‍Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Client information

Reassessment of "normal" values
in dogs and cats with CKD

Creatinine, UPC, and
SDMA in the Early Diagnosis
of CKD

Treatment of vomiting, and nausea
in cats with chronic kidney disease

Diets for cats with
Chronic Kidney Disease

Hypercalcemia in chronic
kidney disease