Endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Causes, Recognition, and Treatment
DKA is a medical emergency characterized by hyperglycemia, ketonemia, and acidemia. These patients require frequent reevaluation of hydration status and vital parameters and diligent monitoring of electrolytes and blood glucose.
Anesthesiology
Protein-Losing Diseases and Anesthesia
This article describes how protein-losing diseases affect the patient, common comorbidities and how to address them, and how to prepare and create an anesthetic plan for these patients.
Behavior
One Welfare Approach: Wellbeing in Shelters
A wide range of strategies can be implemented in the shelter environment to increase the wellbeing of dogs and cats. The key focus for veterinary nurses is to actively enhance wellbeing by using a One Welfare approach to fulfill the animals’ needs.
Oncology
Hazardous Drugs: The Hidden Threat to Veterinary Nurses
With overwhelming evidence suggesting that hazardous drug exposure in human healthcare workers continues despite the utmost safety precautions, there is little doubt that the same phenomenon is occurring in veterinary medicine.
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.
Behavior
Using Patients’ Sensory Perception to Enhance Their Veterinary Visits
If we understand and appreciate how our patients perceive the experience of being in a veterinary hospital, we will be better able to modify our behavior and the hospital environment to improve their experience and wellbeing.
Internal Medicine
Icterus in Dogs and Cats
A multitude of disease processes result in icterus, and knowledge of biliary metabolism and pathophysiology can help with developing a logical approach to classifying the underlying cause.
Endocrinology
Diabetes: Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome
HHS represents one of the more challenging complications of DM. If HHS is improperly treated as typical DKA, the outcome will likely be poor.