New Survey for NVTW!
National Veterinary Technician Week starts October 12. Tell us about the use of veterinary support staff in your practice. Grief Survey Results How do your colleagues show their sympathy when a patient dies? Click the link on VIN's Front Page to read the survey results.
That Busy Cyber Cafe
Are you going to Wild West or ACVS? Stop by VIN's Cyber-Cafe, and check your email! That Cyber-Cafe is sure busy. Newly-Added To VeterinaryPartner.com: VeterinaryPartner.com - a good place for your clients to get information.
Progressive Changes in Ophthalmic Blood Velocities in Beagles with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
The ocular veins seemed most influenced early on in the disease. Late in the disease, ocular venous blood flow could not be consistently demonstrated. As the IOP increased, there were trends of increasing resistive index and pulsatility index in most arteries, and periods of marked decreased velocities of the vortex and external ophthalmic veins in severe cases.
The Use of Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation with a Diode Laser for the Treatment of Glaucoma Occurring Post Intracapsular Extraction of Displaced Lenses: A Retrospective Study of 15 Dogs (1995-2000)
The results indicated that the effectiveness of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (TSCP) using a diode laser for treating aphakic glaucoma was of a short-term duration (1-3 months), with three patients needing repeat TSPC. In addition, adjunctive antiglaucoma medications were often required to maintain an adequately controlled IOP.
Day-Blindness in Three Dogs: Clinical and Electroretinographic Findings
Achromatopsia has previously been recorded in Alaskan malamutes and miniature poodles. This clinical case series illustrates the characteristic behavioral presentation and the electroretinographic findings of severe day-blindness and demonstrates that this condition may exist in other breeds of dogs.
The Effect of an L-Type Calcium Channel Blocker on the Hemodynamics of Orbital Arteries in Dogs
Systemically administered amlodipine increases color Doppler imaging-determined blood flow velocity and decreases vascular resistive index in the ophthalmic artery, short posterior ciliary artery, and long posterior ciliary artery of normal dogs.
Charging For Recheck Exams
These things do require your expertise, and do require appointment scheduling, invoicing etc. All of this has to be covered somewhere. The fairest way is to charge for them as they are incurred.
Why Are There No 'Standards Of Care' For Anesthesia?
There is a movement afoot in the International Academy Of Animal Pain Management to develop standards of care addressing pain management. I can tell you one of the biggest obstacles will be the lack of good research to support much of what we do each day. Few animal studies are large enough, or well-designed enough, to answer even the most basic questions.
Leaving Needles In Drug Bottles
My colleague insists on leaving a needle in the stopper of a drug bottle as he uses it. His arguments are that if you repeatedly poke a needle through the rubber stopper you push rubber into the medication and destroy the seal anyway -- and also that the top of the rubber stopper is unsterile ...
Traumatic Myocarditis: How To/Should I Treat?
I don't know of any evidence in dogs that multiform complexes are any more malignant than uniform ones. I believe everything relating to it in the veterinary literature has been extrapolated from human patients with coronary artery disease and so is extremely suspect.
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, October 7, 9:30 pm ET -
What really strange clients have you dealt with lately? Stop by, and share!
Rounds Room
How To Use VIN, Part 2
Wednesday, October 8, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use VIN's Message Boards. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free three-part course.
Rounds Room
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, October 12, 10 pm ET -
Join Thom Haig, DVM, Heather Howell, RVT, MBA, and Susan Strattman, CVPM, for Technician And Staff Utilization. Start off National Veterinary Technician Week (Oct. 12 - 18) with a lively discussion on technician utilization and more.
Rounds Room
Recent Rounds
* Compliance And You: The Reality Of Team-Based Healthcare Delivery
* Principles and Applications of Veterinary Hemodialysis
* How To Conduct An Effective Staff Meeting
* Alternatives To Corticosteroids
* FIV: Afraid of a Positive
* Aussie Rounds: Management Of Diabetes In Dogs
 Abstract Of The Week:
Trends in fluoroquinolone resistance
Website Of The Week:
Common Camelid Diseases, and more....
Book Review:
BSAVA Manual Of Small Animal Ophthalmology, Second Edition
This book is available in the VIN Store.
* eVetSite Tip Of The Week:
Forward Your E-mail
Survey of The Week Results:
* Client Sympathy Response
* Grape/Raisin
* Consumer Reports
* ACE Inhibitor Use in Dogs
* Imaging & Telemedicine
* Nasal Mites
* Euthanasia Procedures
* FATE
* Veterinary Career Survey, Part 1
From the Boards:
* Patenting A Procedure?
* Taking A Stand (Purebred Dogs)
* Correcting A Beak Deviation
* Skin Necrosis
CE for your Support Staff:
The Complete Urinalysis
You asked for it and we've found a great instructor for The Complete Urinalysis a 7.5 CE hours course. Instructor: Joyce Knoll, VMD; PhD, DACVP Dates: November 14 – December 26, 2003
Realtime Sessions: Tuesday evenings; 9:00pm – 10:30pm ET Course Description: Urinalysis is most accurate when performed soon after sample collection, and veterinarians often rely on veterinary technicians to perform this analysis. This course is designed to provide in-depth, useable knowledge on how to perform a urinalysis, as well as information about factors that affect accuracy of results. In addition, the course will use a case-based approach to introduce information on interpretation of urinalysis results in the context of clinical signs and other supporting laboratory abnormalities (e.g. CBC and chemistry profile). Recommended Texts:
1. Urinalysis: A Clinical Guide to Compassionate Patient Care. Osborne CA & Stevens JB. Published by Bayer (Bayer has graciously donated this book for this course; however, a minimal charge will be added to cover shipping/handling.)This book is available in the VINstore. 2. A Handbook of Routine Urinalysis. Sister Laurine Graff; J.B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1983. This book is available in the VINstore. To Register:
Visit the course information page for information about registering for this course. Register Early: course registration closes Nov. 18, or when the maximum course enrollment is reached.
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