Renal Failure

Question 1

Acute on Chronic

Answer 1

An emergency
Acute decompensation of CKF

Question 2

Acute kidney injury is a decrease in function over days or weeks, and the cause is often unknown. Damage has usually occurred before it is diagnosed but this damage is somewhat….

Answer 2

Reversible
Emergency

Question 3

Unlike Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney failure, which develops over months to years is not…..

Answer 3

Reversible or an emergency

Question 4

Post renal azotemia

Answer 4

Failure to excrete urine from blockage or rupture

Question 5

____% of urinary emergencies in cats are due to urinary rupture or blockage

Answer 5

40%

Question 6

_____% of stones at the tip of the cat penis are radiopaque

Answer 6

80%

Question 7

What is the usual location of blockage in a male cat

Answer 7

Tip of the penis (urolith)
(possibly pelvic trauma)

Question 8

Post renal azotemia is less common in dogs, but if it does occur, it is often from…

Answer 8

Obstruction from carcinoma tumor at neck of bladder

Question 9

Signs of blocked tom

Answer 9

Straining with vocalization
(owners think they’re constipated)

Question 10

Diagnosis of postrenal azotemia

Answer 10

Radiograph
Ultrasound