Lung ultrasound helps find lung and pleural diseases. The Lung Ultrasound Score (LUSS) offers a trustworthy method to track lung aeration loss in dogs and cats.
Melioidosis is a bacterial disease found in soil and water. It often goes undiagnosed in dogs and cats, even though it can cause severe illness and pose risks to public health.
Managing pain in geriatric patients requires a multimodal approach that accounts for comorbidities, altered pharmacokinetics, and diminished organ function.
While oxygen therapy has always been the mainstay of treatment, this case series from Robertson and colleagues introduces an important advance: the use of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNOT) to rapidly reduce carboxyhaemoglobin levels.
The comprehensive review from Guillen et al consolidates current knowledge on feline CPSs, and we’ve distilled the key clinical takeaways to help you recognise, investigate, and manage these challenging cases in practice.
It’s hard to keep up sometimes – and keeping up to date with advances in scientific knowledge is no different. That’s why, each month, we’ll pick our top choice of the top articles from scientific literature – and put a simple summary here – just for you!
Learn about acute kidney injury (AKI) – a reversible syndrome marked by sudden loss of kidney function. Explore its causes, effects on filtration and fluid balance, and the vital role of fluid therapy in restoring perfusion, blood pressure, and homeostasis.
Puffer fish ingestion can cause severe, often fatal poisoning in dogs during beach walks due to tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin concentrated in the skin, liver, ovaries, and sometimes muscle.
