SCREENING FOR EARLY FELINE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF BORDERLINE PROTEINURIA IN CATS

Promovendus/a
Mortier, Femke
Faculteit
Faculteit Diergeneeskunde
Vakgroep
Vakgroep Kleine Huisdieren
Curriculum
Femke Mortier was born on May 21st 1986 in Bruges (Belgium). In 2010, she obtained her Master’s degree in Veterinary Medicine at Ghent University with great distinction. She immediately started a Small Animal Rotating Internship at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University in Merelbeke, after which she performed a residency (training to become European specialist in small animal internal medicine) at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich (Germany). During this period she also spent a few months at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Purdue University in Indiana (USA). In 2016, she passed the board exam to become a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA), now called ‘EBVS European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine’. She initially combined a job as an internal medicine specialist at Dierenkliniek Rijen (the Netherlands) with her work at the Small Animal Clinic of Ghent University in Merelbeke and later worked in Merelbeke fulltime at the internal medicine and hospitalisation departments. Because the contact with researchers and the scientific presentations at international conferences triggered her, she started a doctoral research project in June 2019. The following four years were dedicated to improving the knowledge about urinary protein loss in cats with and without chronic kidney disease. In 2023, she also completed the training program of the Doctoral Schools of Life Sciences and Medicine of Ghent University. She has authored or co-authored more than 30 scientific publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals. She presented and co-authored several abstracts and posters at international veterinary conferences and will present the results of her doctoral research during the upcoming annual ECVIM-CA conference in Lyon (France).
Academische graad
Doctor in de diergeneeskundige wetenschappen
Taal proefschrift
Engels
Promotor(en)
Prof. dr. D. Paepe - Prof. dr. S. Daminet, UGent

Korte beschrijving

Chapter 1 provides general information about chronic kidney disease (CKD), a common condition in cats. This disease is mostly diagnosed late in the disease course, when measures to slow progression of disease provide less benefit compared to earlier intervention. Early detection of CKD is however difficult since diagnosis is usually based on renal azotemia, which occurs only after a substantial amount of renal function loss has occurred. Measuring the urinary protein: creatinine ratio (UPC) is important to diagnose and monitor CKD and determine the need for directed therapy, since proteinuria decreases survival time in cats with CKD. According to International Renal Interest Society (IRIS) guidelines, persistent renal proteinuria (UPC >0.4) or inadequate urine concentrating ability (urine specific gravity [USG] <1.035) could indicate the presence of CKD even in non-azotemic cats (IRIS stage 1 or early stage 2 CKD).

Praktisch

Datum
Dinsdag 27 augustus 2024, 17:00
Locatie
aud Maximum, salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke

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