Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Critical Thinking About Critically Ill Cats
Knowing how disease conditions specifically affect cats helps improve treatment and gives these patients a better chance of going home healthy and in a timely manner.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Urinary Catheter Placement in Female Dogs
Placing a urinary catheter in a female dog can be a challenging procedure since, in many clinics, female catheterization is not frequently performed.
Cardiology
Hypercoagulable States: Recognizing Thrombophilia
Knowledge of the conditions associated with hypercoagulable risk factors helps ensure patients receive timely, necessary treatment.
Anesthesiology
Anesthetizing the Critical-Care Patient
This article provides a thorough, multimodal approach for how to support the critical-care patient through the pre-, peri-, and postoperative anesthetic periods.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
A New High and a New Low: An Unusual Case of THC Intoxication
As THC intoxication in pets becomes more commonplace, emergency staff will have to be knowledgeable and efficient in their diagnosis and treatments.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Uncommon IV Catheter Sites in Small Animals
Knowing the correct anatomic locations of individual vessels is crucial for proper placement of alternative catheters and minimizing trauma.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Septic Shock Secondary to Duodenal Perforation
Early recognition of sepsis from the emergency care team played an important role in the case of this Siberian husky.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Use of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in Critical Canine Patients With Respiratory Distress
For patients that do not respond adequately to conventional oxygen therapy, HFOT is an effective alternative method of delivering high volumes and pressures of oxygen.