Chronic Kidney Disease in Cats and the Risk of Total Hypercalcemia
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbidity in cats with hypercalcemia, but whether CKD is a risk factor for hypercalcemia is unclear.Hypercalcemia often is diagnosed based on total calcium concentration (tCa), which here tends to underestimate the ionized calcium concentration (iCa) in cats.Objectives Assessment of the performa