CPR in Veterinary Practice Survey
What kind of CPR training have you received? Have you performed CPR on dogs or cats? How successful is CPR in your hands? Inquiring minds want to know! Take the CPR survey and help Dr. Manuel Boller of the University of Pennsylvania collect data on CPR techniques and opinions. If you participated in another survey and haven't seen the results, check the Survey Results in the Surveys & Clinical Research Section of the library.
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MyVIN can help you search for colleagues, connect with former classmates and keep your profile updated with current contact info so they can find you. To get in touch with a VINner directly, go to MyVIN>Colleague>Search. Even if they haven't listed their email address or phone number, you can still send them a message through VIN using the Email icon on their profile page. Create your My Colleagues List and set your profile preferences any time, from any computer where you have Internet access.
Mark Kittleson's Case Studies in Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine
Fancy yourself a great clinician? Put yourself to the test with these medical case studies - presented in a new interactive format. Mark has generously allowed the VIN Multimedia Team to experiment using content from his Case Studies in Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine website. Select a case, formulate a diagnostic plan and take the quiz to get feedback on your diagnostic abilities. Each case is even linked to the appropriate chapter of the VIN online book Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine. Work through some of the cases on Mark's wonderful site and some in the new format. Tell us if you love or hate the new format. Your feedback is what drives changes in your VIN!
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Texas Farm Radio
Heart failure is common in diabetic cats: findings from a retrospective case-controlled study in first-opinion practice
The relative risk of heart failure in diabetic cats was 10.4 times that of the controls; this difference in rates was statistically significant. Survival amongst diabetics was significantly worse than for controls. For the control cats, median survival was 718 days after the index visit; for the diabetic cases, median survival was 385 days after diagnosis.
Ventral intraspinal cysts associated with the intervertebral disc: magnetic resonance imaging observations in seven dogs
Intraspinal cysts have clinical signs identical to those of disc herniation. Given the close proximity of the cyst to the corresponding disc and the similarity of MRI findings to discal cysts in humans, we propose the term "canine discal cyst" to describe this observation.
Transmission of relaxin and estrogens to suckling canine pups via milk and possible association with hip joint laxity
Milk-borne maternal hormones and precursors were absorbed into the circulation of canine neonates and may play a role in hip joint laxity in pups that have a genetic predisposition for hip dysplasia. Phenotypic expression of hip dysplasia may therefore be preventable by antihormone treatment.
An immunohistochemical investigation of canine idiopathic granulomatous scleritis
The lesions of granulomatous scleritis were characterized by vasculitis, collagenolysis, granulomatous inflammation, and perivascular lymphoplasmacytic aggregation. Canine granulomatous scleritis has an immunopathogenesis likely involving primary type IV hypersensitivity, with a probable underlying type III involvement.
Are these ads tacky?
All I can say is OUCH!!! He is using the "loss leader" marketing method to get people in the door. But once they have anything done, and see the full bill, it will have them cherry picking these products and using their own veterinarian. And with the price of gas, the dollars savings might not be worth the time and money. I sure don't recommend this avenue. It hurts the whole industry.
What to do when a dog eats a mushroom
Ah, the unknown LBM (little brown mushroom) ingestion. I spoke last year at the human poison control conference and I spent quite a bit of time talking to different people. They were all a little surprised at how aggressive we treat these unknown mushrooms, but when I said "We don't do liver transplants in dogs." They all nodded and said, "That makes sense then."
Suture techniques for eyelid mass removal using a v-plasty procedure
The first picture shows placement of a mattress suture deep inrto the eyelid stroma. When tied, it will draw the conjunctival edges together, while the resulting knot is buried within the eyelid tissue. The second picture shows placement of the figure of eight suture and the third shows the figure of eight suture tied. A couple of more sutures are then placed to fully appose the skin. I typically use 5-0 or 6-0 vicryl for suturing a v-plasty.
Interesting offer (email fraud/scams)
One of my clients called me a year ago about some Saudi Arabian prince who needed her help importing a horse. The scam says they need to hire a horse transport company, but the company doesn't accept Saudi Arabian money due to anti-terrorism laws. They would sent her a check for $10,000 and she would in turn write a $5000 from her account to hire the transporters...
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Sunday, May 11- No Rounds
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Funny Bones:
Name for my first child
"My nephew's name is Theodore. His older (by 21 months) sister Stella used to call him Theobore . She was only about three when she came up with that, which I thought was pretty impressive."
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Challenging Case 1
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* Chlamydial conjunctivitis in cats
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Veterinary Clinical Pathology: An Introduction
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Reptiles and Amphibians In Captivity and more...
Upcoming Conferences
Looking to attend -- or contribute a paper to -- a veterinary conference? Check out the On The Road With VIN folder, or the Press Releases folder, to see what conferences are coming up and to visit their web sites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: AVA, EVECCS and ACVIM.
These courses are now open for enrollment!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.
Basic Fish Medicine
May 20 - June 17, 2008
(Also open to staff at www.VSPN.org) Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 5
May 12 - June 7, 2008 Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part I
June 8 - September 14 Organ System and ABVP Core Examination Review Module B
June 12 - August 14, 2008 Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 6
June 23 - July 14, 2008 Veterinary Cytology & Fluid Analysis
July 8 - August 19 Organ System and ABVP Core Examination Review Module C
August 21 - October 23, 2008 Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part II
October 26 - January 11 For information on other CE courses starting soon, check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page. Please visit How-To Of Online CE for details about how to register and participate in online CE courses. If you're looking for information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, please visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses specifically tailored to veterinary support personnel and certain VIN courses are also open to VPSN members.
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