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Internal medicine
Chronic kidney disease in cats and IRIS staging
Why staging comes after diagnosis, what SDMA actually tells you, and how the proteinuria and blood pressure substages change what you treat.
Mehmet Emin TAŞKIN4 min read18 Aug 2026
Internal Medicine
Prescribing for Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common presentations in older cats. Once the diagnosis is made, what often determines how long the patient lives is not the kidney itself, but how the other drugs that patient receives are managed. This article is not about treating CKD as a whole.
Admin4 min read3 Aug 2026