Source: FIRSTLINE
November 17, 2010
Who really likes to go to the doctor? Cats certainly don't. But helping keep them calm is worth the effort.
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Source: FIRSTLINE
November 4, 2010
Learn how you can help increase awareness about the prevalence, detection, and treatment of pet cancer.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Mary Tefend Campbell, CVT, VTS (ECC)
Transfusion of blood products is an important lifesaving measure performed frequently in veterinary medicine. The decision to transfuse should not be taken lightly: it is costly and can frequently be clouded by complications. Blood transfusion therapy should be limited to the treatment of anemia, hypoproteinemia, coagulation disorders, or hemodynamic instability.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Katy W. Waddell, RVT, VTS (ECC, anesthesia)
What is pain? Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. All potential and actual tissue damage in animals should be considered to cause pain. Pain can be experienced with or without accompanying signs of stress (e.g., tachycardia, hypertension). The first step in treating pain is to recognize the signs and symptoms.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Mary Tefend Campbell, CVT, VTS (ECC)
The primary goal of nutritional assessment is to identify which patient is at risk for malnutrition. As altered nutritional status is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, it becomes paramount to address the nutritional needs early in the critically ill patient.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Katy W. Waddell, RVT, VTS (ECC, anesthesia)
As with any trauma patient presented to triage, a thorough pre-operative assessment must be performed and patient assessment begins with the first step inside the door. The traumatized patient will have altered physiological responses that will in turn alter the pharmacokinetics of the agents commonly used to provide anesthesia.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Katy W. Waddell, RVT, VTS (ECC, anesthesia)
Systemic administration of analgesic agents is the most common route of delivery during the perioperative period. These routes would include delivery by transdermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intra-articular and intravenous. Intravenous administration of analgesic agents may be timed to be given intermittently or by constant rate infusion.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Mary L. Berg, BS, RVT, RLATG, VTS (dentistry)
Performing a complete dental prophylaxis entails much more than removing plaque and calculus from the teeth. A thorough dental prophylaxis consists of educating the client, an oral examination, charting disease process, pathology and anomalies, radiographs, both supra and sub-gingival plaque and calculus removal, hand scaling, polishing, irrigation and home care instructions.
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