Soft Tissue Surgery
Creating a Leak-Proof Ligature with Confidence, Part 1: Overview of Ligation and Surgical Binding Knots
A review of factors related to ligation security and step-by-step instructions on how to create friction knots.
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.