New rounds available here – Dr Anna Dengate runs through some blood results in Addisonian cases we have seen here at Northside, and the hints that help guide us to this diagnosis.
Surgical Rounds 8pm Monday 27th April
April 26th, 2020Dr Alen Lai will be presenting all his hints and tricks for diagnosing and managing elbow dysplasia. Join us via zoom on the following link –
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92304501148
Meeting ID: 923 0450 1148
Pleural Lavage for Pyothorax
April 23rd, 2020When treating dogs and cats with pyothorax, there are many benefits of performing pleural lavage via thoracostomy tubes. These include:
- Decreases pleural fluid viscosity
- Facilitates fluid drainage
- Decreases tube obstruction
- Dilution and reduction of bacteria and inflammatory mediators
- Breakdown of adhesions
If you have a case of canine or feline pyothorax, consider placing thoracostomy tubes or referral to NVS for this procedure to be performed.
Link to second radiology rounds
April 23rd, 2020Dr Mariano Makara discusses radiographs from 2 tricky cases – a 6 week old kitten with acute onset coughing and dyspnoea, and a 2 year old cat with acute onset vomiting. Learn the hints and tell-tale changes to help make a diagnosis from your radiographs!
Medicine Rounds with Dr Elizabeth Thrift
April 22nd, 2020Dr Liz gave a great summary of her hints and tricks in recognising, diagnosing, and treating both hyperadrenocorticism and hypoadrenocorticism on 20th April. Click below to watch the recording, powerpoint will be made available in the next few days.
Feline Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Sclerosing Fibroplasia
April 21st, 2020Feline Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Sclerosing Fibroplasia is a great example of when things look like cancer but they aren’t! Cats are often euthanized due to the presence of a palpable mass on physical examination or with a presumptive diagnosis of lymphoma, carcinoma or other malignant neoplasia at surgery. The median age of presentation is 7 years and Ragdolls are overrepresented. These cats have mural thickening and loss of layering in sections of their gastrointestinal tract. When managed appropriately, the survival rate can be good for some patients with this disease when the correct histopathological diagnosis is achieved.
Online Radiology rounds
April 16th, 2020The fabulous Dr Mariano Makara hosted our first virtual rounds meeting yesterday. Click here to watch, and earn 1 structured CPD point.
Next Rounds: MEDICINE with Dr Elizabeth Thrift, Monday 20th April, 7pm.
Topics: Hypo- and hyperadrenocorticism
1 hour duration, 1 CPD point, lecture style presentation with question time.
Tracheal Collapse
April 14th, 2020Yorkshire Terriers and Pomeranians are reported to account for > 80% of patients with tracheal collapse. If you have a Yorkie or Pom in your clinic with a chronic cough, make sure that they have been fully evaluated for tracheal collapse and are being maximally managed (Weisse et al, J Am Vet Med Assoc 2019;254:380–392)
Protein Losing Enteropathy
April 9th, 2020If you manage protein losing enteropathy (PLE) cases in your clinic, be sure to read the latest review on pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment options.
NVS and COVID-19: SMS treatment consent
April 9th, 2020Our wonderful management team have sorted SMS treatment consent – this has been godsend in our new contactless admissions process. See attached protocol here!