Clinical

News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month’s articles include: Hemodialysis Helps Dog Defy Odds of 10% Survival Rate after Antifreeze Poisoning; CareVet, Blendvet, and Hill’s Launch DEIB Initiative; Immunotherapy Drugs Bring Years of Life to Dog; FDA Conditionally Approves Canine Seizure Medication Fidoquel-CA1; and more!

Propofol became available to veterinary medicine in the early 1990s and is a staple drug these days. We rely on it for smooth anesthetic induction for both short and long procedures. It is reliable and very recognizable.

When a patient appears with an unspecified reaction, it’s crucial to gather as much data as possible from the pet owner, the physical exam, and the lab to recognize a serious or even deadly  reaction and respond accordingly.

Veterinary residencies are moving out of the teaching hospital as aspiring specialists seek residencies at private and corporate practices, or even find mentors to help design veterinary residencies remotely.

Abstracts from the latest issue of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association.

This Central Line podcast episode with Elizabeth Maxwell, DVM, MS, DACVS- SA, CVPP, and Candice Manganaro, DVM, explores collaboration among general practitioners, specialists, and emergency veterinary care teams.

Using a credentialed technician in the role they were designed for increases the number of cases the team can see, and it can increase overall revenue. In this article, we will cover some of the many ways that trained technicians can contribute to dermatology appointments.

In this hypothetical case, our patient, Teddy, is at a free clinic where you are volunteering for the morning, and you will have to communicate all the options to the owner without making her feel like the best ones are financially out of reach.

Protecting pangolins is a passion for Canadian wildlife veterinarian Hezy Anholt, DVM, who is currently working in Malawi. She talked with columnist Emily Singler, VMD, about the challenges and urgent need to understand these scaly mammals.

Internationally recognized veterinary dental expert Brook Niemiec, DVM, DADVC talks about the benefits of dental teleradiology for the practice, the patient, and the client.