Natalie L. Marks, DVM, CVJ, Elite FFCP-V: Some of our [cats with] chronic kidney disease will have acute on chronic [condition] so they're sort of coasting along at their baseline and all of a sudden something spikes and we need to know if there's been an acute kidney injury on ...
Acute renal failure may be defined as an abrupt reduction in renal function resulting in accumulation of nitrogenous waste products and dysregulation of water, electrolyte, and acid base balance. Differentiating acute from chronic kidney disease is important for both therapeutic and prognostic reasons....