Veterinarian training courses library : Internal medicine

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• One-lung intubation is a real risk in cats.
• POCUS is a helpful tool in anesthesia.
• Preoxygenation helps to gain more time in critical situations.

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• Hypercapnia associated with respiratory depressant drugs is extremely common in anesthetized patients.
• Treatment of hypercapnia/hypocapnia depends on the underlying cause; however, hypercapniais frequently.
• Oxygenation can be assessed non-invasively (pulse oximetry) or invasively (arterial blood gas), each with their own advantages/disadvantages.
• Mechanisms underlying hypoxemia include: hypoventilation, ventilation-perfusion inequalities, pulmonary or cardiac shunting of blood, impairments to gas diffusion, decreased inspired oxygen levels.

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• Understanding the general principles in the management of equine diarrhoeali>Obtaining knowledge about the current understanding of right dorsal colitis
• Developing awareness about some controversial or contraindicated therapies

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• Brief introduction to insulinoma: what is it and diagnosis
• Initial stabilisation
• Surgery
• Medical treatment & Palliative
• Survival

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• Importance of remote observation
• How to manage a cat in respiratory distress
• Management and selection of additional examinations

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• Pathophysiology
• Oxygenation methods available in practice
• Clinical examination of the animal in respiratory distress: Focus on the cat
• Complementary exam

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• Understanding EHV-1 infection in horses
• Key aspects of response to an outbreak
• Recent advances in potential treatment options

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• Definition of PUO: hyperthermia vs fever vs pyrexia
• The importance of clinical history and physical examination
• Common causes of fever in dogs & cats
• Complications: the wrong therapy
• Suggested diagnostic protocol

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• The candidates can understand with ease the secondary and tertiary haemostasis, and gain better knowledge on how to interpret the most commonly offered tests by laboratories.

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• The candidates can familiarize themselves with the most commonly used coagulation tests to assess primary haemostasis

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• Definition of chronic enteropathy
• Old concepts vs new concepts
• Most common chronic gastroenteropathies in dogs and cats
• What’s new regarding treatment

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• Nasotracheal tube: Indications, Technique, Side effects, contrindications
• Endotracheal intubation: Indications, Technique, Side effects, contrindications

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• Type of transfusion reactions
• How to recognize and prevent them
• How to deal with a transfusion reaction
• How to monitor a blood transfusion

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• Risk vs benefits of performing general anesthesia on patients with AKI need to be assessed (poor prognosis, 50-60%)
• A balanced anaesthetic protocol should be chosen to reduce the required dose of each individual agent and minimize the potential side effects.
• Use loco-regional techniques whenever possible to reduce the amount of anesthetic drugs and anesthetic depth of the patient.

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• The liver is important as it is involved in the production of glucose,albumin,andcoagulation factors.
• The liver metabolizes anesthetic drugs and this can impact anesthetic recovery.
• Glucose is necessary for energy production,brain function and perioepartive stability.
• Anesthetic drugs that are used for patients with liver disease should be short-acting, reversible, or produce minimal cardiovascular and respiratory depression.