Sunday Rounds Open to VIN & VSPN Members
To wrap up Veterinary Technician Week, Sunday Rounds is a special session open to both VIN and VSPN members. So gather up your staff, get them registered for VSPN and join us for What You Need To Know About Legislation And Veterinary Technicians. NOTE: Staff members should register early for VSPN to be welcomed in time for the session! VINners use the Rounds link in the Main Navigation bar to join the discussion. VSPNners use the link on the VSPN Main Page. If you can't attend, be sure to check the Rounds or Front Page of VIN or next Tuesday's VIN This Week for links to the transcript of the discussion. To find out what other interesting rounds topics are coming soon, see This Week's Rounds Schedule.
Remember the Declaws?
Eighteen months ago, VINners were invited to participate in a Declawing Survey and the response was phenomenal. Unforeseen circumstances prevented release of the data - until now! Take a look at the preliminary survey analysis for the Declawing Survey. If you participated in another survey and haven't seen the results, check the Survey Results in the Archive section of the Library.
New FAQ: Dead Space
Contrary to popular belief, dead space is not the stuff between Paul's ears! Rather, it's the component of an anesthetic circuit not involved in gas exchange. Airway dead space is present in all anesthetized patients. Dr. Robert Stein has authored an FAQ on Dead Space to help you understand what dead space is and how to minimize it. If you're looking for a current diagnostic or therapeutic tidbit, make your first stop the Medical FAQs collection. To make VIN even more helpful for you, the VIN team of consultants continues to create these up-to-date summaries of topics commonly asked on the message boards. Save time, check out the Medical FAQs -- before you post. To suggest a topic needing a Medical FAQ, email MRishniw@vin.com .
New in VeterinaryPartner:
Evaluation of tongue as a complementary sample for the diagnosis of parvoviral infection in dogs and cats
These data confirm tongue as an excellent complementary sample for parvoviral testing in dogs and cats, especially in cases in which postmortem autolysis has occurred.
Risk factors for proximal sesamoid bone fractures associated with exercise history and horseshoe characteristics in Thoroughbred racehorses
Compared with horses that died without proximal sesamoid bone fractures, horses that died with proximal sesamoid bone fractures were more likely to be sexually intact males, spend more time in active training and racing, complete more events, train and race longer since their last layup, have higher exercise intensities during the 12 months prior to death, and have greater cumulative distances for their career.
Growth-promotant implants: managing the tools
With enhanced knowledge of the impact of various compounds and doses on different classes of animals, and with the introduction of numerous products providing those compounds and doses, planning implant programs has become difficult. However, the net return from a well-designed implant program may mean the difference between profit and loss on a given set of cattle.
Regulation of drugs used in feedlot diets
This article includes a discussion of what a drug is, how drugs are approved in the United States, what uses of drugs in feedlot diets are legal or illegal, and what is on the horizon for future drug regulations.
AVMA-PLIT worker's comp problem
Is it just me or is this outrageous? After all what am I paying thousands of dollars a year for if the insurance company is going to try to slime their way out of paying a claim. I suspect that if they persist they will eventually be able to compel us to give the client's information and then the client will see this as an agent for my hospital suing them. I will at best lose a good client and any future referral she might make, but it is certainly conceivable the client will countersue me.
Coping with massive debt
Before my husband & I got married 5 years ago, my finances were a little tight but manageable. I was building up my savings account, I had a 401K, had one credit card that I could pay more than the minimum but hadn’t quite paid off yet. Then we paid for our wedding ourselves, and my husband was out of work so we sent him back to school. We moved so I could work at a specialty practice, but our cost of living significantly increased and my pay didn’t. We have been struggling ever since, but I thought we were making it.
Choosing the best artificial tear product: patient responses vary
Most of the artificial tears are marketed because they are superior in this way or that way and the truth actually is that some work better for some patients than others no matter what the physical properties and claims. If there was one that truly was better we would have all settled on it long ago and there would not be so many on the market. Each one has pros and cons. Invariably when I found one that I thought was the best, I would have clients come in who said this one or that one was recommended by/in their pharmacist, aunt, uncle, yoga instructor, a dream, their dog channeling it to them, (take your pick) so I long ago gave up trying to predict it based upon science.
Major surgeries in extremely fractious cats
We keep them in a very quiet room and keep an intravenous (IV) catheter in and fluids running. When we need to do anything we use microdoses of Domitor IV to handle the animal. We give as many drugs IV as we can (avoiding those that go intramuscularly or orally). If we have to do this for a week, we will, but most only need to be here a few days depending on the surgery.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, October 21, 9 pm EDT (October 22, 01:00 am GMT)
Join us for a special session during National Veterinary Technician Week: What You Need To Know About Legislation And Veterinary Technicians.
This session is open to both VIN and VSPN members.
Invite your staff to attend. They'll simply need to register for a free VSPN membership.
VINners: Use the Rounds link to join the discussion.
VSPNners: Use the link on the VSPN Main page.
This Week's Rounds Schedule
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, October 23, 9:30 pm EDT (October 24, 01:30 am GMT)
Stop by and chat with your colleagues.
Use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion.
This Week's Rounds Schedule
EBM Journal Club
Tuesday, October 23, 10 pm EDT (October 24, 02:00 am GMT)
Join your colleagues for the next meeting of the Evidence Based Medicine Journal Club.
Review the transcript from the last session
Attend the EBM Journal Club
Recent Rounds
@ = VINcast is available for this session Do I Even Want to Own a Practice? Molecular Diagnosis for Vet Med (AAFP Rounds) EBM Journal Club (meeting 13) Interventional Radiology/Endoscopy @ EBM Journal Club (meeting 12) Common Pitfalls in Staff Management @ EBM Journal Club (meeting 11) The Oral ATP Philosophy @ Insurance Planning for DVMs @ EBM Journal Club (meeting 10) Clomipramine And Cats (AAFP Rounds) Replacement Heifer Management @
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The Veterinary Support Personnel Network was created specifically for your technicians, practice managers and other staff members to have access to their own message boards, chats, and CE. Have your staff go to www.vspn.org to register! It's free!
Associate - Updated and New:
* Degeneration of the elbow joint
* Explore the rest of the Associate! What's Your Diagnosis?
* Dermatology Fun 10
* Ophthalmology Fun 31
* Case Archives
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For more help and tips on searching see Steps To A More Effective Search.
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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: CVC West, NCVC and VCS.
Book Review of the Week:
Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, Fourth Edition
These courses are currently open for enrollment. Click on the links to see the details and enroll!
For More Information on VIN's Upcoming CE Courses, check out the CE Main Page. October: Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras
October 3 - November 14, 2007 Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 2
Radiology and Periodontics
October 9 - November 6, 2007 Equine Neonatology
October 14 - November 11, 2007 The Veterinarian's Role in Handling Animal Abuse Cases
October 30 - December 11 What Makes Cats Tick? Feline Internal Medicine Module 5
Therapeutics, Dental Dilemmas, Analgesia and Anesthesia
October 31 - December 12, 2007 November: Basic Equine Reproductive Ultrasonography
November 4 - December 2, 2007 Introduction to Canine Rehabilitation
November 5 - November 19, 2007 Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 3
Advanced Periodontics and Exodontics
November 6 - December 4, 2007 Immobilization of Exotic Hoofstock
November 14 - December 5, 2007 December: Advanced Equine Reproductive Ultrasonography
December 2, 2007 - January 27, 2008
Please visit the How-to's of Online CE for more information about how online CE courses work. 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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