Prevalence of acute kidney injury and outcome in cats treated as inpatients versus outpatients following lily exposure.
About the Study
This study retrospectively described cats with suspected or known lily exposure within the previous 48 hours, where hospital records included at least two creatinine results.
- 112 cats were described; 96 were treated as inpatients, and 16 were treated as outpatients.
- Acute kidney injury was reported in a total of 52/112 cats, with 20 of those being a maximum of grade I (non-azotaemic) AKI.
- A maximum of grade II AKI was documented in 31 cats.
- There was no difference in the frequency of AKI between inpatient and outpatient treated groups.
- Two outpatient cats were euthanased, where grade II AKI had been documented, and this created the difference in outcome between the two groups.
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Prevalence of acute kidney injury and outcome in cats treated as inpatients versus outpatients following lily exposure (AVMA Publications)
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