Veterinarian training courses library : Cat / Internal medicine
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Teaching goals
- explain what a urinalysis is used for
- to review the good techniques for urine collection according to what you want to do with it
- to detail the urine analysis: analysis of the crystals, the stained slide, the strip and what is done with it
Teaching goals
- explain what a urinalysis is used for
- to review the good techniques for urine collection according to what you want to do with it
- to detail the urine analysis: analysis of the crystals, the stained slide, the strip and what is done with it
Teaching goals
- To know the function and some of the anatomic pathway of the olfactory and optic nerves.
- Having a glance at how we can visualise them on advanced imaging.
- Knowing the most important pathologies that may affect the olfactory and optic nerves, their clinical presentation, their diagnosis, treatment and outcome.
- Examples of studies, case series and case reports of cranial neuropathies published in the veterinary literature.
Teaching goals
- To become familiar with the most common tests used to evaluate the cranial nerves, during the neurological examination.
Teaching goals
- Understanding mechanism of resistance of TKI
- Identify side effects of TKI
- Recognize potential new TKI treatment for different tumors
Teaching goals
- Understanding mechanism of action of TKIs
- Application of TKIs in MCTs and efficacy in other tumors
Teaching goals
- To know the most common acute myelopathies that cats may suffer from
- By taking obtaining a clinical history and performing neurological examination, we can narrow down our list of differential diagnoses
- With the most likely two or three differential diagnoses in our mind, we can choose the best diagnostic work-up or the best management for every case
- Advanced imaging and spinal surgery may be needed in some cases, but some other cases can be successfully managed without these
Teaching goals
- Preoperative stabilization of patients with heart failure is mandatory
- Normal to high-normal HRs and normal to low-normal BP are recommended
Teaching goals
- To be able to recognized the most common posture and gait abnormalities and to be able to associate them to specific parts of the nervous system
Teaching goals
- Be able to name two drugs commonly used for the management of giardiasis
- Understand the appropriate monitoring after treatment of giardiasis
- Understand the zoonotic risks associated with giardiasis
Teaching goals
- Preoperative stabilization of patients with heart failure is mandatory
- Normal to high-normal HRs and normal to low-normal BP are recommended
Teaching goals
- The key points of the second part on effusion will consist in reviewing the definition of each type of effusion using effusion criteria classification, how to diagnoses the most common effusion.
Teaching goals
- The key points that will be reviewed in this first part will be the interest of performing an in house cytology exam and we will review the different techniques with the pros and cons of each of them.
Teaching goals
- Describe etiology and clinical presentation of oral SCC
- Understanding how to diagnose and treat oral SCC depending on stage
Teaching goals
- Describe etiology and clinical presentation of cutaneous SCC
- Understanding how to diagnose and treat cutaneous SCC depending on stage
Teaching goals
- understand which fluids can be used to treat AKI
- understand how to use body weight and urine output to adjust fluid rate
Teaching goals
- How to perform a blood smear: get the good tips!
- How to assess a blood smear: Slide evaluation, Cell distribution
- Evaluation of the RBC
- Evaluation of the white blood cells
- Evaluation of the platelets
Teaching goals
- To understand the anatomical basis of sympathetic innervation of the eye
- To understand the clinical signs and main differential diagnosis associated with Horner’s syndrome in dogs and cats.
Teaching goals
- To know when to use medical management and how long in order to stabilize the patient
- How to relieve the obstruction thanks to a SUB
- Long-term management of a SUB
Teaching goals
- Understand the pathophysiology of hypersomatotropism and acromegaly
- Be familiar with the different clinical presentations associated with feline hypersomatotropism
- Be able to diagnose the disease and offer the different treatment options
Teaching goals
- Description of the physiology and pathophysiology of DKA
- to better understand what happens in the body
- to recognize the clinical and biological signs and assess them
- to be able to start adequat treatment with a focus on insulin therapy
Teaching goals
- Description of the physiology and pathophysiology of DKA
- to better understand what happens in the body
- to recognize the clinical and biological signs and assess them
- to be able to start adequat treatment with a focus on insulin therapy
