Understanding Kidney and Urinary Tract Diseases

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  1. Types and phases of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
  2. AKI grading and urine output-based sub-grading
  3. Etiology and biomarkers of AKI: prerenal, intrinsic, postrenal
  4. Clinical diagnosis and laboratory findings in AKI
  5. Medical management of AKI including fluid therapy and supportive care
  6. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) clinical management and staging
  7. Glomerulonephritis (GN): pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment
  8. Familial and congenital renal diseases and their management
  9. Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) management and prevention
  10. Urinary retention: causes, diagnosis, and treatment options
  11. Urinary incontinence: etiology, diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches
  12. Urethral obstruction in lower urinary tract disease: treatment and controversies

1. Types and phases of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

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1. What does sphincter mechanism incompetence (SMI) refer to in the context of urinary incontinence?

2. How do the induction and extension phases of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) differ in terms of pathophysiological changes?

3. What is the consequence of diagnosing Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) in cats regarding breeding practices?

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AKI phases — definition?

Induction, extension, maintenance, recovery.

AKI grading — basis?

Blood creatinine levels.

Urine output sub-grading — distinguishes?

Non-oligoanuric from oligoanuric AKI.

Prerenal AKI — cause?

Hypoperfusion without parenchymal damage.

Intrinsic AKI — cause?

Parenchymal damage from ischemia or toxins.

Postrenal AKI — cause?

Urinary tract obstruction.

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