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Clinical Exposures: Why it's important to examine the entire radiographic imageA 2-year-old intact male Boston terrier was evaluated because of a recent onset of gagging and vomiting.
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Treating UTIs with fluoroquinolones: A case study (Sponsored by Pfizer)Florie is a 4-year-old, spayed female Labrador-shepherd crossbred dog. Until six months ago, Florie's medical history was unremarkable. At that time, she was diagnosed with a bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI) based on the presence of hematuria and pollakiuria; she received 500 mg cephalexin orally once daily by the referring veterinarian for five days.
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7 deadly sentencesSee what sinful statements you may be making-and what you should say instead.
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Blood component transfusion therapy (Proceedings)Blood component transfusion is generally provided as supportive therapy for correction of one or more hematologic and/or hemostatic deficiencies, until the underlying disease process can be controlled or corrected. Blood component administration and its immediate endpoints often are only one part of a general therapeutic plan.
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Deck your wallsLooking for some art to fill those empty walls? Check your mailbox! You probably receive a wealth of great artwork from clients every month, says Cheryl Dyer, practice manager at Noah's Ark Animal Clinic in Kansas City, Mo. When patients recover from a serious illness, their pet parents often send a note of thanks with a picture to the practice. Dyer says they frame these photos and hang them in the practice's front lobby.
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Identifying, managing feline acne, non-parasitic otitis and allergic dermatitisIn DVM Best Practices on Feline Medicine (May, 2002), I wrote about feline ear mites and dermatophytes, two common infectious diseases often seen in feline practice.
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Fiduciary fundamentalsA corporate trustee won't die, move away, take a vacation or be biased or distracted by personal concerns.
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Underwater treadmill therapy in dogsThis physical therapist and certified canine rehabilitation practitioner discusses canine physical therapy and demonstrates underwater treadmill therapy in a German shorthaired pointer with a partial cranial cruciate ligament tear and a German shepherd dog with type II intervertebral disc disease and hip dysplasia.
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Anesthesia monitoring (Proceedings)The overall goal of anesthesia is survival and optimum recovery from surgery. In order to accomplish this goal, the surgery patient must be continually monitored for changes, especially deterioration in respiration, cardiac function and tissue perfusion regardless of the specific surgery.
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Keep it down in there!This no-nonsense advice on dog zones with an animal-care-focused engineer provides some suggestions to keep down noise in a new or remodeled veterinary clinic.
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Closing a pinnal defect with a transposition flapIllustrative reference of removing a pinnal tumor and closing with a transposition flap.
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Feline cardiovascular diseases: parts 1, 2, 3 (Proceedings)Cardiovascular (CV) diseases in cats include congenital malformations, acquired heart, and vascular disorders. Myocardial disorders or cardiomyopathies, the major cause of heart failure, thromboembolism, and persistent arrhythmias in cats, constitute the focus of this presentation.
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Canine Lyme disease still raises debate on definitive diagnosisDr. Gregory Troy pinpoints the factors that help practioners determine a definitive diagnosis for Canine Lyme disease and how to treat it.
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Managing of feline diabetes (Proceedings)In 2005 Eli Lily announced the discontinuation of the majority of animal derived source insulins in addition to the lente and ultralente lines of product. This changed the landscape of veterinary diabetic management. Ultimately, the best insulin for your patient may be the one you are most familiar with; however, general guidelines will help choose the insulin that will give you the best success with your patients.
