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Letters: Observations on Dr. Miller's fatherly advice
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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Good stuff in the "Fatherly advice" Mind Over Miller column (Veterinary Medicine, June 2009). As a 40-year-old, I would like to offer a different perspective.
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Idea Exchange: Keep track of body cavity fluid by using a spray bottle
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When performing a thoracentesis or abdominocentesis, it is easy to lose track of how many 60-ml syringes of fluid have been removed.
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Idea Exchange: Don't shake that bottle; roll it instead
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If you have difficulty mixing up amoxicillin, try this method.
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Idea Exchange: How to modify a mouth gag
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We modified our stainless steel mouth gags to reduce the pressure on the jaw and temporomandibular joint in small patients or patients with severe dental disease or osteopenia.
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Use gauze to help reduce interference with pulse oximeter readings
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Operating and fluorescent lights commonly interfere with the infrared light on pulse oximeters.
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Idea Exchange: Use gauze to help keep pulse oximeter probes in place in exotic and wild animal
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Treating nontraditional species, such as opossums, can create challenges in using equipment designed for domestic species.
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Idea Exchange: A helping hand may increase parasite preventive compliance
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Some pet owners are uncomfortable applying flea preventives to their pets.
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Hot Literature: Updated guidelines for the optimal care of senior cats
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As preventive medicine catches on and medical therapies improve, cats are living longer and longer.
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Hot Literature: Everything you ever wanted to know about uroliths in dogs
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An extensive article in a recent issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice presented the answers to 71 of the most common questions veterinarians, staff members, and clients might have about urolithiasis in dogs.
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Hot Literature: A risky side to our attachment to pets?
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These days, pets are allowed almost anywhere. A recent study took a preliminary look at whether this pet-owner closeness might result in the passage of zoonotic disease.
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Toxicology Brief: Managing acute carprofen toxicosis in dogs and cats
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Donna Mensching, DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT
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Petra A. Volmer, DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT
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Carprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the propionic acid class, is commonly used in small-animal practice for its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.
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Risk factors for carprofen toxicosis
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Donna Mensching, DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT
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Petra A. Volmer, DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT
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A variety of risk factors exist for carprofen toxicosis. Animals with any previous reaction to the drug are at risk.
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Mind Over Miller: Beyond the fireworks
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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It is July. The only national holiday this month comes on the fourth of the month. It's called Independence Day. But we don't often say that.
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