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Repeating Tests – Why Specialists Sometimes Do This

13-11-20 by CriticalCareDVM
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If you bring your pet to a board-certified veterinary specialist, they may recommend repeating tests your family veterinarian already performed. This isn’t because they want to spend your money frivolously. This isn’t because they want to perform unnecessary tests. They repeat tests because they always want to provide optimal care. Achieving this goal requires using … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: radiographs, tests, ultrasound

Bedside Tests in Veterinary Emergency Rooms

01-10-20 by CriticalCareDVM

When you to go the emergency room, your medical team performs some non-invasive tests to help assess your clinical condition. Some of these bedside tests are similarly performed in cats and dogs who are presented to veterinary emergency rooms. So, this week I wanted to share some information about these painless point-of-care tests to increase … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: bedside, blood, blood pressure, calcium, chloride, ECG, EKG, electrocardiography, electrolytes, gases, lactate, packed cell volume, PCV, potassium, pulse ox, pulse oximetry, sodium, sonography, total solids, TS, ultrasonography, ultrasound

Hematuria in Dogs & Cats – When Your Pet Pees Blood

01-10-18 by CriticalCareDVM

If you’re like me, you don’t monitor every elimination your dog or cat makes. You don’t observe every urination. Yet at some point in a pet’s life, they will inevitably develop blood in their urine. This is a condition called hematuria. It’s actually pretty common, so I wanted to dedicate some time explaining this important … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: biopsy, blood, cancer, cystitis, hematuria, infection, sonography, ultrasound, urinary tract, urine, UTI

Tularemia in Cats – Thumper & Mickey Mouse are not Garfield’s Friends!

16-10-17 by CriticalCareDVM

Everybody knows the most famous rodent in the world – Mickey Mouse. We all also know Bambi’s beloved woodland buddy – Thumper. But did you know Mickey and Thumper could pose a risk to everybody’s lasagna-loving cat, Garfield? That’s right! Rodents and rabbits can transmit a potentially fatal disease called tularemia to our feline friends. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: fever, Francisella tularensis, hematuria, hyperbilirubinemia, hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, icterus, jaundice, lymph nodes, oropharyngeal, pneumonic, rabbit fever, radiographs, sonography, tick, tularemia, typhoidal, ulceroglandular, ultrasonography, ultrasound, x-ray, X-rays, zoonosis, zoonotic

Histiocytic Disease in Dogs – A Challenging Complex

14-11-16 by CriticalCareDVM

Skin masses are relatively common in dogs. I’ve previously discussed the importance of routine surveillance and early intervention based on the mantras #SeeSomethingDoSomething and #WhyWaitAspirate as advocated by board-certified veterinary cancer specialist, Dr. Susan Ettinger (Dr. Sue Cancer Vet). One group of skin masses is collectively referred to as histiocytic disease, and this week I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: antigen, APC, bone marrow, cutaneous, dendritic cells, fenestration, FNA, histiocyte, histiocytoma, histiocytosis, macrophages, sarcoma, spleen, ultrasonography, ultrasound, x-ray

Ultrasonography in Dogs & Cats – Fun with Sound Waves

16-05-16 by CriticalCareDVM

Veterinary medicine is advancing every day. One of the most significant advances in recent memory is the use of ultrasonography to help diagnose various disorders in our animal companions. This week I share some information about this truly important imaging modality, and hope you find the information insightful. Happy reading! As side note, this week marks … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: fine needle aspiration, FNA, imaging, probe, soft tissue, sound waves, transducer, ultrasonography, ultrasound

Acute Pancreatitis – A Disease That Should Not Be Ignored!

07-12-15 by CriticalCareDVM

Last week I reviewed a relatively unknown household threat to dogs and cats – bread dough intoxication. More commonly around the holidays emergency rooms see a spike in a specific type of illness in our furry companions – acute pancreatitis. This illness can manifest at any time of year, but incidence around the major winter holidays in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: acute, cholangiohepatitis, cPL, diabetes mellitus, diarrhea, fPL, icterus, inflammatory bowel disease, nutrition, obesity, pancreatitis, SPEC, triglycerides, ultrasonography, ultrasound, vomiting

GI Foreign Objects – A Big Pain in the Gut

23-11-15 by CriticalCareDVM

Dogs and cats like to chew on things. That fact won’t come as a shock to any pet parent. Unfortunately, they also like to swallow some of those foreign items on which they nibble. This week I spend some time discussing how to help your fur baby should you find yourself in a scenario where … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: barium, colon, duodenum, endoscopy, enterotomy, esophagoscopy, esophagus, gastrointestinal, gastroscopy, gastrotomy, ileum, jejunum, large intestine, positive contrast, radiographs, small intestine, stomach, surgery, ultrasonography, ultrasound

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