The utility of clinicopathological findings and point-of-care ultrasound in increasing the index of suspicion of ureteral obstruction in azotaemic cats presenting to the emergency room.

Point-of-care ultrasound abnormalities are documented frequently in azotaemic cats with ureteral obstruction. Cats with renal pelvis dilation were 39 times more likely to have ureteral obstruction than non-obstructive acute kidney injury.