Reminder: It's ACVIM Week!
Many VIN Consultants will be attending the ACVIM Forum. Please be patient if responses are a bit slower than usual. We hope to see all VINners at the VIN Breakfast:
Date: Saturday - June 9, 2007
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 AM
Room: Sheraton Seattle- Cirrus Room
If you have not already, please RSVP
What is VSPN?
Veterinary Support Personnel Network! Recognizing the need to help colleagues help their staff, VIN launched VSPN in 1995. VSPN is a community designed specifically for veterinary staff. Your staff can find VSPN at www.vspn.org. Any non-DVM employee of a veterinary hospital is eligible for a FREE membership. Your staff can use VSPN to learn more about, do more with and expect more from their profession. VSPNers enjoy many of the same features you have come to expect from VIN: An "abstract of the week", weekly conferences, links to helpful web sites, international CE listings, the ever-popular message boards and the VSPN Notebook -- a ready reference medical and management handbook to help your staff! VSPN also offers CE classes for staff (some free and some for a fee) on topics like OSHA compliance, VSPN and the Internet, VTNE exam review and specific topics moderated by specialists in their field. Each staff member will need to register online separately to have access to all of VSPN. For more information on VSPN membership contact VIN membership services at 1-800-700-4636 or 1-530-756-4881 or email to help@vspn.org.
Understanding Veterinary Dentistry
Dental care is a vital, yet often neglected aspect of veterinary practice. In many cases, this neglect is from a lack of knowledge and training rather than a lack of caring or concern. Understanding Veterinary Dentistry by VIN Consultant Fraser A. Hale, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC provides an introduction to basic concepts and techniques central to veterinary dentistry. This is the latest in a growing collection of complete online texts -- and it's FREE to all VIN members. For those who prefer the printed volume, it is available for purchase in the VIN bookstore. Pet Food Recall Resources: In case you were unable to attend...
NAVDF 2006 Proceedings Online - Browse by speaker/category or search by topic.
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Retrospective evaluation of three treatment methods for primary hyperparathyroidism in dogs
The medical records of 110 dogs treated for primary hyperparathyroidism were reviewed. Dogs were treated via parathyroidectomy, percutaneous ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation, or percutaneous ultrasound-guided heat ablation.
Ultrasonographic visualization of the adrenal glands of healthy ferrets and ferrets with hyperadrenocorticism
A protocol was developed to compare the ultrasonographic characteristics of the adrenal glands of 21 healthy ferrets and 37 ferrets with hyperadrenocorticism. By using specific landmarks, the adrenal glands were imaged in 97% of the cases.
Reevaluation of the University of Wisconsin 2-year protocol for treating canine lymphosarcoma
Dogs with higher World Health Organization (WHO) stages (including stage IV) and dogs with hypercalcemia were at significantly higher risk of relapse. Dose reduction, treatment delays, and prior therapy with corticosteroids were not associated with clinical outcome.
Getting the most from dermatopathology
The veterinary clinician must know when biopsies are indicated; be able to select lesions to biopsy that are likely to yield diagnostic results; skillfully procure the biopsy samples; and provide the pathologist with an accurate history, clinical description, and clinical differential diagnosis,
What makes you the best? What constitutes great service and how do we get clients to buy into it?
One thing I do all day every day that I think really makes a good but subliminal impression is to keep a rolling stool in each exam room and sit down to talk to clients. I read a study some years ago that found if doctors sat while talking to patients, the patient perceived them as taking more time than if they stood. Clients often thank me for "taking the time" to explain things, which never happened before I started sitting to do it. I still get down on the floor with big dogs, but the stool saves a lot of wear on my knees and back.
Safety of local anesthetics in feline ring blocks; efficacy of Fentanyl patches in cats
There is a lot of individual variation in plasma fentanyl levels with patches in cats and dogs, but that doesn't mean they don't work. I like to think of them as "background analgesia." They're a useful part of an overall pain management protocol.
Thorough review of vitamin D/Calcitriol actions and effects; supplements for arthritic dogs
I have a client who is supplementing his 40 lb dog with 400 IU of Vitamin D daily for arthritis. He has noticed an improvement in the dog, who also receives fish oil, glucosamine, and Vitamin C daily. Is this dose safe? Are there reports of Vitamin D being useful for general arthritis? What is the toxic dose of Vitamin D?
Is there a benefit to using an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) with amlodipine when treating cats with hypertension?
I think we all agree with the original point that amlodipine is effective for managing feline hypertension and that ACEIs are not. I think we all also agree that there are data to support ACEIs lowering measurable proteinuria. I would also say that we are pretty comfortable that ACEIs and amlodipine can be given together without any currently noted expected ill effects. The only honest answer to if there is a survival or quality of life benefit to giving both or a benefit to lowering proteinuria is *we don't know*.
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, June 5, 9:30 pm ET (01:30 am June 6 GMT)
What's on your mind this week? Stop by and tell us!
Use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion.
This Week's Rounds Schedule
How to use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, June 6, 9:30 pm ET (01:30 am, June 7 GMT)
Learn to be an efficient VINner! Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, June 10, 10:00 pm ET (02:00 am, June 11 GMT)
Join Dan Goehl, DVM, for Practical Methods For Controlling Bovine Viral Diarrhea.
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Rounds link to join the discussion.
Recent Rounds
Alternative Exit Strategies Evidence-Based Medicine Journal Club Fluid Therapy: When, Where and How? What's That Lump? Know Before You Cut How To Select And Hire A Consultant Feline Heartworm Disease (AAFP) Intuitively Diagnose and Treat Allergies Medicine From The Inside Out: Part 4 Osteoarthritis And Oxidative Stress: Part 3 Mentorship for New Grads and "Old" Owners Liver Damage And Oxidative Stress: Part 2 Update On Urolithiasis Introduction To Oxidative Stress: Part 1 Coping With The Death Of A Pet (AAFP) 2007 US Tax Update
 Member Benefit:
Plan to hire a new grad!
The best graduating seniors are regular VIN users. Post your position in VetQuest Classifieds. Please use the Positions Offered -- New Graduates category as this is where we encourage the 2007 Graduates to search for open positions.
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Ophthalmology Case 21
* Case Archives
Associate - Updated and New:
* Glucagonoma
* Explore the rest of the Associate!
Website Of The Week:
Vet Students Abroad and more...
Book Review of the Week:
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Nephrology and Urology, Second Edition
You can purchase this book in the VIN store.
Get More From VIN!
* How Do I...Email Another VINner?
* Read The "How To Use VIN" Tutorial
* How Can I ... Learn Associate?
* How Can I ... Become A Super-Duper VIN User?
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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: ACVIM, Pacific Vet, AHS and AVMA.
From the Boards:
* HERDA DNA Test Available
* Pricing Client Records
* Oral Foreign Body
* Purchasing a Practice
Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 1
Dental Records, Equipment and Care
This course in Veterinary Dental Techniques is designed to allow discussions of current techniques used in veterinary dentistry. Veterinarians practicing all levels of veterinary dentistry are invited to participate, from the veterinarian just interested in getting more information in veterinary dentistry to the Board Certified Veterinary Dentist. The first portion of this module is devoted to proper dental record keeping. The first week of the course will discuss dental terminology and charting, documenting by intraoral photography, disease and procedure abbreviations. The next portion of the course will discuss dental equipment and care. Instructors:
Steven Holmstrom, DVM, Dipl. AVDC (course coordinator)
Patricia Frost Fitch, DVM, Dipl. AVDC
Allen Matson, DVM, Dipl. AVDC Dates:
August 14 - September 25, 2007 Real-time sessions: Tuesdays, August 14, 21, 28, September 4, 11 and 18; 9:30 - 11:30 pm ET (01:30am - 03:30am GMT) CE Hours: 12 Tuition:
Member/$200, Non-Member/$299 by July 31, 2007;
Member/$222 Non-Member/$332 after July 31, 2007 Enroll in Veterinary Dental Techniques Modules 1, 2 and 3 by August 14, 2007 to receive a 15% discount:
Member/$440, Non-Member/$684 Required Textbook:
Veterinary Dental Techniques, 3rd edition - Holmstrom, Frost, Eisner - 2004
Available in the VIN bookstore
Be sure to log in to receive your VIN member discount. Recommended Textbook: None To find out more about this course:
Visit the Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 1 page. You may also be interested in:
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