Keeping Your Patients Warm, But Not Too Warm!
I was wondering what everone is using for a heat source for patients under anesthesia and your ill patients. I love the Bair Hugger for those sleeping patients but it has it’s draw backs on some of our ill patients. The size doesn’t make it easy to move around, we only have one, and the blanket…
The miracle of living through chemistry
Had a recent recheck on a cat with advanced RCM. 11 yo DSH presented for sudden onset posterior paresis Prior HX hyperthyroidism treated 1 year ago with I-131 Grade I/VI murmur, tachycardia Echo revealed RCM with LAE, LV dilation in systole & depressed FS (28%) Ginger’s first echo: [wpvideo gDmGXC8s] …
Don’t forget to check under the hood!
The importance of a complete physical examination cannot be stressed enough. A thorough initial patient exam can give you an excellent baseline for a healthy patient, confirm past medical history, or reveal issues that were previously unknown. Such was the case at my clinic recently.