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14 Cards in this Set
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What is acute abdomen? |
Acute cardiovascular or hemodynamic complication due to intra-abdominal pathology |
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What are some conditions that can mimic acute abdomen? |
Diseases of the respiratory system, tetanus, rabies, pregnancy, MSK conditions
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What are some conditions that may be indicated by the presence of peritoneal fluid? |
Hemoabdomen, uroabdomen, hydroabdomen, septic or bile peritonitis |
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What are the abdominocentesis findings in septic peritonitis? |
Degenerative neutrophils with intracellular bacteria, +/- low glucose and high lactate |
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What are the abdominocentesis findings in bile peritonitis? |
Increased bilirubin compare to serum, bile pigments |
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What are the abdominocentesis findings in uroabdomen? |
Creatinine ratio around 2:1, urea (if acute), potassium ratio >1.4:1, urine crystals |
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What are the abdominocentesis findings in hemoabdomen? |
Non-clotting blood |
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What are the SIRS criteria in small animals? |
-Temperature - <38C, or >39.2 in dogs, >40 in cats -HR - >120 in dogs, <140 or >225 in cats -RR - >20 in dogs, >40 in cats -WBCs - <6 x10^3 or >16 x10^3 in dogs, <5 x 10^3 or >19 x 10^3 in cats, or >3% bands |
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What are the SIRS criteria for horses? |
Temperature - <36.7 or >38.6 HR - >50 bpm RR - >25 bpm WBCs - <5 x 10^9 or >14.5 x 10^9 |
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How is a systemic infection defined in large animals? |
>1 body system, >1 site, positive blood culture, other evidence or sepsis score in neonates |
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What are some factors that may contribute to pancreatitis in dogs? |
Obesity, dietary indiscretion, hypertriglyceridemia, obesity, decreased perfusion, trauma, autoimmune, etc. |
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What can pancreatitis in cats lead to? |
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency |
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Differentiate specificity and sensitivity of SNAP and SPEC cPLI tests.
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SNAP - sensitive, but not specific SPEC - specific, but not sensitive |
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What is involved in first tier therapy for pancreatitis? |
Fluids, potassium supplementation, nutritional support, analgesia, antiemetics, monitoring |
