In today’s episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast, we’re talking all about protein-losing nephropathy… aka PLN! Protein-losing nephropathy is a relatively common renal disease in dogs - it is a renal disease in its own right, but it also causes CKD as it progresses. We do see some pretty severe complications in these patients, and some can be life-threatening - but with careful monitoring and good nursing care, we can make a big difference to patients with PLN. But to do that, we first need to look at what PLN is, and how it affects our patients.

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📲 Resources mentioned in today’s episode:

European renal biopsy service: https://www.evrps.net/

International renal biopsy service: https://vetmed.tamu.edu/ivrps/

Viscoelastic testing: https://eclinpath.com/hemostasis/tests/viscoelastic-testing/

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http://www.veterinaryinternalmedicinenursing.com/podcast 

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