@article{Salamero:58036,
author = "Raquel Gomez Salamero and Verde Arribas, Mª Teresa and
Bautista Casajus, María ",
title = "{Patología urinaria de urgencias en gatos: aspectos
clínicos y epidemiológicos}",
year = "2016",
note = "Renal diseases in cats are a common pathology to be seen
in small animal clinics, and it is of great importance in
the field of Emergencies. This project will try to give a
clear and practical perspective about the most frequent
renal diseases to be found in emergency situations, which
most of the time require swift action to be taken, and a
rapid diagnosis to be made right after. In order to do
this, this project was based on a study that took
approximately 6 months of work in the veterinary hospital
for emergencies Emvet (Zaragoza, Spain). Both obstructive
and non-obstructive renal diseases will be taken into
consideration in this project, as well as all the possible
origins they might be associated with: pre-renal, renal,
and post-renal. In practice, the difference between a
chronic and an acute renal disease patient is often hard to
tell. Chronic not yet diagnosed patients might see their
illness develop acute renal syndrome; and, on the contrary,
an acute patient of this illness could just as well develop
a subsequent chronic renal disease. In order to face
this problem, it is necessary to carry out the convenient
tests which may help us in getting to know our patient’s
lesion better. One of the most important parameters to
diagnose renal diseases is the level of creatinine in
blood, which has a strong correlation with the glomerular
filtration rate (GFT). Nevertheless, this indicator has
some disadvantages and it might complicate the diagnosis.
There is a new biomarker, the symmetric dimethylarginine
(SDMA), developed by Idexx laboratories, which was first
marketed in June 2015. It has been tried as a predictive
parameter, able to detect kidney failure faster and more
accuratly than creatinine. The aim of this research is to
evaluate SDMA levels in emergency renal patients at
different levels (pre-renal, renal and post-renal), and
compare the results with creatinine levels under the same
conditions.",
}