https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/5847/acute-renal-failure-in-nurse-s-cat Dear All, I was wondering if anyone had any bright ideas that we could use. We have a 6 year old female neutered cat, belonging to one of our nurses, that has had recurrent urinary problems, diagnosed with Calcium oxalate stones. These were removeden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23312?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:17:05 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7895f010-8f84-43c2-85bd-e1c2e9787100Bob Russell<p>Good result!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23301?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:50 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:196f7932-6bcc-4edd-a115-979eedccdf23Vikki Halliday LLB<p>Well done, a great result! Will bear this in mind in future.<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23292?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:15:22 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b05fd5a9-77fd-4af0-8ae2-ff0a124f232dIan Ross<p>Thanks to you all,</p> <p>we stuck at it over the weekend - nurse took cat home, infusion pump, high fluid rates etc. Now back to normal urea/crea/phos, eating OK and drinking normally!!</p> <p>Now has low potassium - but we can maanage that!</p> <p>Nurse and cat very happy! 2 happy vets aswell!,</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Ian</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23126?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:13:59 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6fc91df6-4490-4ecd-81f6-2ce12c5cccffVikki Halliday LLB<p>[quote user=&quot;Vikki Halliday&quot;] <p>What were the BUN/creat prior to surgery?</p> [/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ok sorry blonde moment. Did read afterwards that these were normal.</p> <p>Doh! I&#39;ll go back to my corner.........<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Ashamed_smiley.png" alt="Embarrassed" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23116?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:46:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d473b654-23f4-44c5-a431-0fbd2ef6233dVikki Halliday LLB<p>What were the BUN/creat prior to surgery?</p> <p>I have had to euthanase some young cats that presented in apparent acute renal failure, but on speaking to some internal medicine specialist the consensus was that for level that high, the animal would normally be fitting if in acute renal failure, and the lack of neurological signs suggested an underlying chronic renal problem.</p> <p>Sorry to be negative but in my experience few of these get much better.<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Sad_smiley.png" alt="Sad" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23097?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:50:36 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cdb2a15a-4b73-43f8-be42-c88c6f718f73Bob Russell<p>Stick with it - one of my cats ate leaves of a Lilly. Bloods showed massive BUN/Cre - treated with fluids etc as above. She was 3yrs old at the time and died at 20yrs old so don&#39;t give up too soon.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23096?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:13:11 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f338e307-de90-4405-99c6-e13793b92ce6Rob Loxley<p>Syringe feed, fluids, monitor urine output, supportive treatment, and be realistic - if they&#39;re that ill they&#39;re not going to get better overnight, they take some time to turn round in my experience</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/23088?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:43:02 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:917f05e0-3c34-4971-b82e-e425d6457832Michael Woodhouse<p>Someone who knows much more than me will come along soon. </p> <p>I would up the fluids. You need to get the urea and creatinine down. Worry about medullary washout when you have flushed the system. I&#39;d double up the fluid rate and check biochem &amp; electrolytes in the morning. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>