Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Sepsis, Part 1: Recognition and Diagnosis
The decision whether to treat dogs or cats symptomatically as outpatients or immediately perform diagnostics and recommend hospitalization requires an astute clinician and logical approach.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Heatstroke in Dogs
This life-threatening condition can affect dogs of any age, breed, or gender. This article provides guidance on the types of heatstroke, risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment therapies, and prevention.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
CPR for Dogs and Cats: The RECOVER Guidelines for Veterinary Resuscitation
The RECOVER initiative created the first consensus guidelines on veterinary resuscitation, and discusses the 5 domains of CPR for dogs and cats.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Colloid Therapy for Critically Ill Patients
David Liss, BA, RVT, VTS (Emergency & Critical Care, Small Animal Internal Medicine) Options for fluid therapy in critically ill patients have become more varied as market growth has added several products in the veterinary field.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Rodenticide Poisoning: What to Do After Exposure
While anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning is dangerous to the patient and frightening for the owner, there are many positives when managing exposure to this pest control chemical.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Nasal Discharge & Epistaxis in a German Shorthaired Pointer
Elisa M.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Resuscitative Fluid Therapy for Circulatory Shock
Deborah Silverstein, DVM, Diplomate ACVECC Resuscitative fluid therapy commonly refers to the treatment of circulatory shock and utilizes intravenous fluids to help restore circulating blood volume.