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.
Fundamentals of Veterinary Nephrology
Risk Factors for CKD
Xavier Roura (Bellaterra, Spain)
Urine Collection
A Hüttig (Reutlingen, Germany)
Urine Specific Gravity
ADJ Watson (Sydney, Australia),
HP Lefebvre (Toulouse, France), and J Elliott (London, UK)
GFR
R Heiene (Oslo, Norway) and HP Lefebvre (Toulouse, France)
Proteinuria
GF Grauer (Manhattan, KS, USA)
Renal Biomarkers
Gilad Segev (Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Creatinine (Dog)
HP Lefebvre (Toulouse, France), ADJ Watson (Sydney, Australia), and R Heiene (Oslo, Norway)
GFR in Practice: assessment of glomerular filtration rate in dogs
R Heiene (Oslo, Norway), HP Lefebvre (Toulouse, France), and ADJ Watson (Sydney, Australia)
IRIS Staging System
J Elliott (London, UK) and Joanna White (Sydney, Australia)
Early Diagnosis of CKD
Harriet M. Syme (London, UK)
Reassessment of "normal" values in dogs and cats with chronic kidney disease
Gregory F. Grauer (KS, USA)
Differentiation between Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease (2018)
Gilad Segev (Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Diagnosis and Staging
Utility of Creatinine, UPC, and
SDMA in the Early Diagnosis
of CKD (2018)
Gregory F. Grauer (KS, USA)
What pet owners should know about CKD in dogs and cats
Stephen P. DiBartola, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (internal medicine)
Treatment
Treatment of Vomiting, Nausea
and Inappetence in Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
Jonathan Elliott (Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK)
Diets for Cats with
Chronic Kidney Disease
David J. Polzin (DVM, PhD Dip ACVIM)
Hypertension
SA Brown (Athens, USA)
Recent advances in Mineral and Bone Disorders in CKD (2018)
Henk van den Broek & Jonathan Elliott (London, UK)
Hypercalcemia in chronic
kidney disease
Henk Van den Broek (Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London)
Preventing aminoglycosides-induced AKI
The IRIS Board
Pyelonephritis
Joanna White (Sydney Australia) and
Reidun Heiene (Oslo, Norway)
Specific Diseases
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) andJonathan Elliott (Royal Veterinary College, London, UK)
Key Pathways of CKD
A review of the role of fibroblast growth factor 23 (2023)
Jonathan Elliott,¹ Rebecca Geddes,² Rosanne Jepson² (Departments of Comparative Biomedical Sciences¹ and Clinical Sciences and Services² Royal Veterinary College, University of London)