CKD: New and Old Management Options
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians
Overview:
This lecture presents current ways to manage chronic kidney disease in dogs and cats. It examines what is new and what is on the horizon to improve quality of life for patients. The lecture will review how we should think about chronic kidney disease and its progression, and how new management techniques may influence progression of disease.
Learning Objectives:
- List 5 of the major functions of the kidney
- Describe the mechanism of action for development of anemia associated with CKD and new therapy options in cats
- Review the importance of the RAAS system in progression of CKD
- Develop Management Plans For CKD in dogs and cats
- Outline the Importance of the GI microbiome in CKD progression
Mary Anna Labato, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), ACVNU (Founding Member)
Mary Labato, D.V.M., DACVIM, joined Tufts University in 1987. She is currently the associate chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences. Labato is also a veterinary internist at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals who specializes in all areas of internal medicine, with a primary interest in disorders of the kidneys and bladder.
Labato lectures in small animal medicine about diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract. She primarily teaches during clinical rotations in the fourth year and instructs students on how to practice medicine. Her favorite cases are those that involve acute kidney injury, in which she must use dialysis to get kidneys to start working again when they have stopped functioning completely. Her other research interests in addition to nephrology and urology disorders include hypertension, interventional endourology, and regenerative medicine.
Labato attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, before entering Tufts' then-nascent veterinary school. A graduate of Tufts' first veterinary class in 1983, she spent a short time in private practice before returning to the school for a residency and, ultimately, a clinical faculty position. Labato is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. She is currently president-elect of the American Board of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology and a founding member of the American College of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology.
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
This activity is sponsored by Virbac.
