Clinical utility of estimation of glomerular filtration rate in dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation is the gold standard for assessment of renal function, although the clinical utility of this test is unclear.

Objectives

To describe the clinical utility of GFR estimation in dogs.

Animals

Medical records of 132 dogs that had serum iohexol clearance measured between 2012 and 2017.

Methods

Iohexol clearance and clinical records were reviewed and submitting practices contacted to obtain outcome data. Dogs were classified into 4 groups based on the reason for performing GFR estimation: A1 (screening for pre-azotemic chronic kidney disease [CKD], n = 105), A2 (confirmation of azotemic CKD, n = 3), B (screening for pre-azotemic acute kidney injury, n = 19), and C (miscellaneous causes, n = 5). Descriptive review

SUBMITTER: McKenna M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6979109 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature