November 23, 2015
Dan Taylor, DVM Emergency Veterinarian As one of the more common feline emergency presentations, cats in respiratory distress pose challenges in realizing a diagnosis, providing appropriate treatments and determining a prognosis. This presentation ...
October 6, 2015
Acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) should be suspected in any patient that has suffered trauma especially when they have evidence of external head injury (epistaxis, oral hemorrhage, facial or skull fractures, aural hemorrhage, and facial ...
October 6, 2015
Sofia Kalkstein, DVM Emergency Veterinarian Acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) should be suspected in any patient that has suffered trauma especially when they have evidence of external head injury (epistaxis, oral hemorrhage, ...
August 31, 2015
Ben Nolan, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Internal Medicine Specialist The proper use of antibiotics and the emergence of antibiotic resistance have received much attention in recent years. At one point or another, all practitioners ...
August 3, 2015
Dana Dietrich, DVM Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia can cause severe clinical signs requiring emergency treatment. DKA is a complex, multifactorial, life-threatening disease process resulting in fluid, acid-base, and electrolyte abnormalities. DKA occurs due ...
June 29, 2015
Wendy Yaphe, DVM, Dipl ACVIM Internal Medicine Specialist Crystalloids vs Colloids – What do they do for us? Crystalloids are salt containing solutions that contain electrolytes and water in proportions that mimic that ...
May 26, 2015
What are perineal hernias? Perineal hernias are located in the left or right perineal region. They occur secondary to weakness and seperation of the pelvic diaphragm. This loss of support allows deviation of ...
April 30, 2015
Kelly N. Monaghan, DVM, DACVIM Internal Medicine Specialist Adrenal tumors represent approximately 1% of all neoplasias in dogs. Of these, about 10-30% are pheochromocytomas. Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-producing tumors of the adrenal medullary chromaffin ...
February 26, 2015
Trent Gall, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal Surgeon) Contaminated wounds, especially large wounds can be very difficult and expensive to treat. Especially those that are infected with resistant bacteria. There is a ...