Sybil Dryburgh
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As a first opinion dinosaur, if owners are unable/ unwilling to go to see a cardiologist – and I always recommend that they do, I absolutely would either start on pimo if clinical signs present or get them back in 3 months time so they can at least think about it. AND from now on I would do a bp measurement because it’s easy, quick and some sort of number that can be compared.
Had a retired greyhound with elevated but not unreasonable renal values and low albumin low K+ on a pre op blood this week and took BP. – well over 200 on all the cuffs. Discovered this is a known thing in greyhounds. ( hiding head in shame). BUT I think that this is something easy to do for all my heart suspects and would make me think about low bp as a s/e before starting pimo in the more usual small fluffies and start to think more about how/ when to use ACE inhibitors. Off topic ramble – sorry.iF A PATIENT IS JUST TOO PAINFUL AND WON’T EAT AND WE ARE 48 HOURS POST OP, I will absolutely give them NSAIDS and very often they start have started eating within hours.
If they have true ileus, I have not had one yet…. I understand that IV erythromycin is useful and is what is used for human babies with ileus.
The caps is because I can’t manage a laptop yet….
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Thanks for sharing, have never heard of this.Replying to scott@vtx-cpd.com 17/09/2023 - 15:09
Yes. Gaba to both. Might have given the worst one steroids as well. Cant remember.
Will check in with perm vet next weekReplying to scott@vtx-cpd.com 15/09/2023 - 18:44
Will update. Saw them in person yesterday. They both have a degree of FGSC. The rude one had it worse.
Gave them the isfm info.Replying to scott@vtx-cpd.com 12/09/2023 - 19:38
Thank you!
My only plan so far is to check them over and if no answer reveals itself, give them gaba for 2 weeks and divide the house.
Thoughts?Replying to scott@vtx-cpd.com 02/06/2023 - 10:13
Side effects look horrible.
And predictable?
Surely insulins job is to put glucose into tissues and the point of reducing measured blood glucose is to check you have enough insulin? ( and not too much!)
Will give this a wide swerve.I would like to gently insert a little cat into these pigeons… see screenshot of a convo in Veterinary Palliative Care fB chat group
Thank you, that is really informative. It sounds very promising.
Replying to Kerry Doolin 12/03/2023 - 07:09
thank you
o.m.g. bleuch
Do I understand correctly that these murmurs are only audible if we apply pressure to the right chest during auscultation in cats with no murmur heard when not applying pressure?
Do we think these cats are just having some valves/ muscles bent out of shape? should this be a thing??? why only some cats?? if associated with age and condition is there actually underlying disease and this is a test for it??
Replying to scott@vtx-cpd.com 21/07/2022 - 10:46
I am now a bit confused having happily followed eminence based dogma in this regard. I am going to have to think for myself.
Omeprazole use can be very pain relieving where there is ulceration (personal use/ misuse) and that may be of value?
A few days worth at and after presentation in the ER is unlikely to cause the microbiome to have more of a hissy fit than the actual injury to the intestines. It tolerates months of doxycycline in chlamydia infected kitties.
Would injected furosemide do the same thing?
I ask because it is legally and illegally used depending on country/ discipline to try and prevent pulmonary bleeding in racehorses and perhaps this is a potential mechanism for that? And it does seem to have some nsaid effects too.I certainly will give it a go as I seem to get lots of weird dyspnoeas at night.
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