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
- 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 - What pet owners should know about kidney function and the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease in dogs and cats
- Pyelonephritis
- Renal Biomarkers
- Hypercalcemia in
CKD - A review of the role of fibroblast growth factor 23
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 Joanna White, 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
Topic 19 – What pet owners should know about CKD in dogs and cats
Stephen P. DiBartola, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (internal medicine)
Topic 20 – Pyelonephritis
Joanna White, Sydney Australia
Reidun Heiene, Oslo,Norway
Topic 21 – Renal Biomarkers
Gilad Segev, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Topic 22 – Hypercalcemia in chronic kidney disease
Henk Van den Broek, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London
Topic 23 – A review of the role of fibroblast growth factor 23 (2023)
Jonathan Elliott1, Rebecca Geddes2, Rosanne Jepson2
Departments of Comparative Biomedical Sciences1 and Clinical Sciences and Services2 Royal Veterinary College, University of London