Chronic Kidney Disease

Christopher G. Byers, DVM, DACVECC, DACVIM, CVJ

Dr. Christopher G. Byers is a practicing board-certified veterinary emergency & critical care and small animal internal medicine specialist, as well as a certified veterinary journalist, based in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his Bachelor of Science degree as a University Honors Scholar in Animal Sciences from Colorado State University and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University. He is the Co-Editor of the textbook, Feline Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, and has also published chapters and articles in numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed medical journals. His clinical areas of interest are hematology, immunology, sepsis, and endocrinology.

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Overview:

Chronic kidney disease is one of the most commonly diagnosed problems in canine and feline medicine. Knowledge of currently accepted staging criteria, as well as therapeutic and monitoring interventions, will enable clinicians to proactively maximize long-term prognosis of patients living with this chronic disease.

Learning Objectives:

To recognize and understand the major sequelae of CKD in cats and dogs
To be able to appropriately stage and substage cats and dogs with CKD
To develop a logical & practical treatment plan for cats and dogs with CKD

This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.