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IBD – Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Dogs & Cats

19-09-16 by CriticalCareDVM

I evaluate patients with chronic gastrointestinal signs like vomiting and diarrhea multiple times per day. Many of these fur babies are referred to me by their family veterinarians with a concern for inflammatory bowel disease or IBD. But what is IBD? This week I endeavor to answer that important question for all of you. Happy … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: chronic, cobalamin, colitis, colon, diarrhea, empirical, enteritis, enterocolitis, eosinophilic, granulomatous, hydrolyzed, IBD, immunomodulation, inflammatory bowel disease, large intestine, lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytic, small intestine, suppurative, vitamin B12, vomiting

Empirical Therapy – Can’t You Just Treat It Doc?

10-08-15 by CriticalCareDVM

I have the privilege of evaluating patients and conversing with their families every day I’m in the hospital. Although I rarely meet healthy patients, I find tremendous satisfaction sitting on the floor with them in my consultation room, examining (and cuddling) them and chatting with their parents. As my patients are invariably ill, I have to devise … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: budesonide, dexamethasone, empirical, prednisone, recommendations, steroid

Steroid Trials in Dogs and Cats – The Good, The Bad & The Frustrating

26-05-14 by CriticalCareDVM

A clinical scenario I face almost on a daily basis is a pet that is presented to me for failure to positively respond to a steroid trial initiated by a family veterinarian. A primary care doctor initially evaluated the fur baby, and subsequently made a presumptive clinical diagnosis of a disease that is treated with a … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: empirical, prednisone, steroid

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