Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Treating Environmental Lung Injuries: Drowning and Smoke Inhalation
Managing environmental lung injuries in dogs and cats differs from the care given for other types of respiratory compromise. Here’s what you need to know to provide appropriate supportive care.
Pain Management
Gabapentin and Amantadine for Chronic Pain: Is Your Dose Right?
The scientific mechanisms of gabapentin and amantadine support their use as part of analgesic protocols for chronic pain relief in dogs and cats. Each can effectively treat chronic pain, but how do you know when to choose one drug over the other?
Oncology
Clinical Approaches to Common Ocular Tumors
In companion animals, intraocular tumors are relatively uncommon, but those that do occur can be primary, metastatic, or locally invasive.
Neurology
Gait Abnormality: Musculoskeletal or Neurologic Condition?
When an animal is presented to you with a history of lameness or a gait abnormality, you need to determine whether the problem is musculoskeletal, neurologic, or both, so you can recommend the appropriate treatment.
Anesthesiology
Sedation for Cats with Cardiovascular Disease
Cats represent a large part of the US pet population; as of 2012, the approximately 74.
Urology & Renal Medicine
Pandora Syndrome in Cats: Diagnosis and Treatment
Providing an environment that is compatible with cats’ behavioral needs often seems to mitigate the effects of at least some manifestations of Pandora syndrome in addition to promoting their general health and welfare.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Are Normal Electrolytes Really Normal?
Electrolyte disturbances are frequently encountered in veterinary patients and may warrant close evaluation and monitoring.
Respiratory Medicine
Providing Supplemental Oxygen to Patients
Supplementing oxygen reliably and safely is a vital and potentially life-saving intervention in small animal medicine.
Neurology
Head Tilt in Dogs: A Clinical Approach
Head tilt in dogs is a clinical presentation that most veterinarians encounter frequently in practice, most often due to dysfunction of the vestibular system.