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 ...

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 ...

  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, ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...