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Feline uveitis: A review of its causes, diagnosis, and treatment
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Jennifer Chang, DVM
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Renee T. Carter, DVM, DACVO
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Uveitis is a common and painful ocular disease in cats that can eventually lead to blindness.
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Nonspecific therapy for uveitis
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Jennifer Chang, DVM
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Renee T. Carter, DVM, DACVO
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Nonspecific therapy for feline anterior uveitis includes topical mydriatics, corticosteroids, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Two challenging respiratory disorders
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Katherine Snyder, DVM, DACVIM
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Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are challenging and frequently lethal respiratory disorders encountered in veterinary medicine.
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How to obtain arterial samples for blood gas analysis
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Katherine Snyder, DVM, DACVIM
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Follow these steps to acquire arterial samples to help diagnose acute lung injury or ARDS.
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Clinical Exposures: Hemophilia A in a Maltese dog
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Michal O. Hess, DVM
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An approximately 1-year-old male Maltese dog was presented to the Veterinary Clinic of East Hampton for a routine castration.
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Practical Matters: Use caution when performing fine-needle aspiration biopsy of ventral neck masses in dogs
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Andrea B. Flory, DVM, DACVIM (oncology)
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Using ultrasound guidance to perform fine-needle aspiration biopsy is preferred for tumors of the neck.
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Practical Matters: Increase your ability to detect pulmonary metastases
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Ravinder S. Dhaliwal, DVM, MS, DACVIM (oncology), DABVP (canine and feline)
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Dr. Ravinder Dhaliwahl says most veterinary oncologists prefer three thoracic radiographic views.
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Tie down your tubing
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When an endotracheal tube gets pulled out by the weight of the tubing, it can wake up your patient and potentially traumatize the patient's trachea if the cuff is inflated.
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Dispense small drug amounts easily
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We reuse the sterile diluent vials from our vaccines to dispense small amounts of injectable medication for our exotic patients.
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Say "So long!" to stickiness
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We used to have a problem with the sticky residue left on our surgical packs and drapes from the autoclave tape.
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Stop simulating reverse sneezes
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Observing a bout of reverse sneezing can be quite alarming to a client, especially to a first-time dog owner.
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Mind Over Miller: Radiographing dogs, dolphins, and cowboys
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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It's common sense to unite the human and animal medical professions because we humans suffer illness as do all other animals, because many diseases are transmitted from animals to people and vice versa, and because we're inexorably linked.
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