Cardiac disease.
1.
Is a heart murmur always indicative of underlying heart
disease ?
2.
Are cardiac arrhythmias common in cats ?
3.
Is atenolol or diltiazem a better treatment option for
feline cardiomyopathy ?
4.
What is the best treatment strategy for congestive heart
failure in cats ?
5.
How do I prevent thromboembolism in feline
cardiomyopathy patients ?
6.
This asymptomatic dog has a murmur.
What diagnostics are indicated ?
7.
How can I safely optimize diuretic therapy ?
8.
Which drug is better – enalapril or benazepril ?
9.
When should I initiate vasodilator therapy ?
10.
Should I be
using carvedilol in my cardiac patients ?
11.
Should I be
using pimobendan in my
cardiac patients (and how do I get it) ?
12.
What are the
important consideration when rechecking my cardiac patients ?
Respiratory disease.
13. How do I
determine if a coughing dog has bronchitis or dynamic airway collapse
?
14. Which cough
suppressant works best in dogs ?
15. When should I
be using bronchodilators in coughing dogs ?
Which one ?
16. When do I
consider surgical intervention or tracheal stents in airway collapse ?
17. When would I
use Viagra in a coughing dog ?
18. How do I tell
if it is feline asthma or some other respiratory disease ?
19. Is
corticosteroid treatment always indicated for feline asthma ?
20. What are my
steroids options for asthmatic cats ?
21. Can I use human
asthma drugs to treat cats ?
22. Does
cyproheptadine improve asthmatic symptoms ?
23. When should I
be using bronchodilator treatment in asthmatic cats ?
Renal failure.
24.
Does this patient have acute or chronic renal disease ?
25.
How important is a kidney biopsy ?
Is it safe ?
26.
Should all renal failure patients be receiving fluid
therapy ?
27.
Is blood pressure determination really that important in
renal patients ?
28.
Which antihypertensive treatment is better –
amlodipine or benazepril ?
29.
What is the best way to improve urine output in oliguric
patients ?
30.
What are the realistic goals in treating chronic renal
failure ?
31.
What diet and drugs really work in chronic renal failure
patients ?
Bladder/kidney stones.
32. What are the
most likely urinary stones seen in dogs and cats ?
33. I found a stone
- should it be removed ?
34. Is lithotripsy
an effective treatment for stones in dogs and cats ?
35. Can I perform
voiding urohydropropulsion in my practice ?
36.
Why does
dissolution diet therapy not always work for me ?
34. What is the
best way to prevent recurrent struvite stones ?
35. What are the
best ways to prevent recurrent calcium oxalate stones ?
Bladder tumors
36.
When should I be suspicious of bladder cancer ?
37.
What is the best initial test to evaluate the
urethra/prostate ?
38.
How accurate is the bladder tumor urine antigen test ?
39.
What are the best ways to evaluate the urinary bladder
wall ?
40.
The bladder wall is abnormal – how do I obtain a
representative sample ?
41.
What is the best medical treatment for transitional cell
carcinoma ?
42.
What is the likely outcome of transitional cell
carcinoma ?
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