Peer Reviewed Archives

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.

Cardiology

Blood Pressure Monitoring from a Veterinary Nursing Perspective, Part 1: Overview

Blood pressure monitoring is a vital part of small animal practice, and is often the responsibility of the veterinary nursing staff.

Radiology/Imaging

Physical Principles of Abdominal Ultrasonography, Part 1: Basics of Ultrasound Transducers and Image Formation

Part of our series on ultrasound evaluation of specific abdominal organs/systems, this article provides an understanding of the basics of acquiring and optimizing the ultrasound image.

Exotic Medicine

Reptile Radiography

Radiography of reptile patients is routinely used for evaluation of traumatic injuries and the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts.

Behavior

Moving Beyond “Leader of the Pack”

Being the alpha: The belief that dogs must see us through a filter of dominance and subordination sets us up for an adversarial relationship with man’s best friend.

Pain Management

Managing Chronic Pain in Dogs and Cats, Part 3: Management of Nonosteoarthritic Pain Conditions

Part 3 of a comprehensive look at managing chronic pain in dogs and cats.

Orthopedics

Surgical Correction of Patellar Luxation in Cats

Caleb Hudson, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS Patellar luxation is a relatively uncommon cause of hindlimb lameness in cats.

Dermatology

Otitis Externa Series, Part 2: Topical Therapy for Otitis Externa

Colleen Mendelsohn, DVM, Diplomate ACVD, & Wayne Rosenkrantz, DVM, Diplomate ACVD In Part 1 of this series—Diagnosis of Otitis Externa—the factors and causes of this disease, diagnostic testing and imaging, and ear cleaning and flushing were discussed.