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IRIS Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease in Dogs and Cats

Provides a shared framework for diagnosis assessment, CKD staging and monitoring in dogs and cats.

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Provides a shared framework for diagnosis assessment, CKD staging and monitoring in dogs and cats.

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Staging follows a veterinary diagnosis in a sufficiently stable patient; online symptom lists or a single laboratory value cannot assign a stage.

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