Educate Your Clients About Poinsettia Toxicity
Not clear on just how toxic this holiday favorite might be? Need a source of advice for your clients with green thumbs? Just have a need to know? Then take a look at the Household Poisonous Plant Book!
Last chance! Survey Ends Sunday Night!
VIN is helping a group of graduate students from the University of Washington collect data for a project on ways that veterinarians find the information necessary to do their jobs. Please take a minute or two to complete this 11 question survey. The graduate students extend their thanks and appreciation in advance, and promise it won't be painful! :)
Welcome to AccuVet Lasers - Veterinary Division of Lumenis, the newest folder participant in the Vet Industry message board!
We're excited by the opportunities to share knowledge and support that AccuVet Lasers - Veterinary Division of Lumenis will bring to the VIN community. Please take a moment to welcome our newest addition to the Vet Industry message board. Remember to post your questions about the company's services. (While you're in the industry folders, check out all of the other companies that are willing and able to answer your product questions!) A Note From Paul About Industry on VIN:
As a result of the recent rapid rise in the number of industry folders on VIN, a few have written to ask if VIN has changed its position regarding independence from industry. Rest assured that nothing has changed. VIN remains committed to the VIN Policies on Commercialism. We all benefit from increased communication and access between colleagues in practice, academia, and industry. Facilitating this communication is our goal. We are pleased that more of our colleagues in industry are recognizing this and joining the discussion.
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Diagnostic and Management Strategies
To complicate the process, there are two recognised clinical phases of DIC; overt and non-overt DIC. The fine line between acute fulminant or "overt" DIC and chronic compensating or "non-overt" DIC is difficult to draw diagnostically. A conclusive diagnosis relies on a whole animal approach.
The Use of Adrenaline, Methoxamine and Vasopressin in Cardiopulmonary and Cerebral Resuscitation of Dogs
The use of methoxamine avoids some of the adverse effects of adrenaline, but its efficacy as an adequate vasopressor for cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation is questionable.
Deafness in Dogs and Cats: The Role of Coat Colour, Eye Colour and Gender
It must be remembered that in animals with CHSD, auditory development precedes normally until three weeks of age, and also that full maturation of the BAER doesn't occur until 40 days, so hearing testing should not be carried out before five weeks of age.
Clinical Laboratory Findings, Vaginal Cytology and Pathology in a Controlled Study of Pyometra in Cats
Cats with pyometra were found to have normocytic normochromic anaemia, leukocytosis, neutrophilia, and thrombocytopaenia. In cats with pyometra, decreased ALT levels were recorded, compared to the results from healthy cats.
Timely Entry Of Medical Records
I'm with those who say that the record must be complete before the next patient is seen. My solution? You've heard it before. Have your exam room tech write the record as you dictate.
Recurrent Vaginitis/UTI In A Young Dog
One other thing to consider, which I see more often than I thought I would once I started looking, is subclinical urinary incontinence, where there is enough urine leaking to irritate the caudal vagina, but not enough to cause puddles, etc. Scoping to look for erythema in the vagina caudal to the urethral orifice is helpful, and then I do a trial of PPA.
Caution: Whining Ahead... How Can I Get Better Dental Rads And Spur Techs' Interest In Dentistry?
The techs think the dental rads for these rotten teeth are a waste of time. It is only through my sheer will and meanness that it is happening. I tried to talk to them about the documentation issue, but they just roll their eyes and complain.
Clinic Policies For Patient Comfort; Getting The Most Out Of Small Blood Samples
I use a 1,3,5 rule - one vein, three sticks, or five minutes. This helps with time and patient comfort.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, December 4, 10 pm ET
Join Matt Lemmons, DVM, (dentistry resident at the U of Wisconsin) for How Should I Treat Periodontal Disease?
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Rounds link to join the discussion.
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, December 6, 9:30 pm ET
Are the holidays affecting your bottom line? Stop by and share!
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion.
How To Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, December 7, 9:30 pm ET
Learn how to use your computer and VIN. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-part course.
Recent Rounds
 Abstract Of The Week:
A Comparison of CAT Doppler and Oscillometric Memoprint Machines for Blood Pressure Measurement in Cats
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Swollen Conjunctiva
* Case Archives
Website Of The Week:
The Glasgow Coma Scale and more...
Book Review of the Week:
Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat
You can find it in the VIN Bookstore.
Get More From VIN!
* Steps To A More Effective Search
* Read The "How To Use VIN" Tutorial
* How Can I ... Learn Associate?
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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: NAVC, WVC, and SAVMA.
From the Boards:
* Apomorphine Use As An Emetic
* How Many Dentals Do You Do Annually?
* Working Up A Case Of Aggression
* Avian Influenza
Equine Neurology Module B
This second module of the two module course will cover advanced neurologic diseases including: head and spinal cord trauma, botulism, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, cerebellar and vestibular disease, seizures, several bacterial and viral diseases, and grass sickness. For those participants not taking module A, self-study materials related the general central nervous system exam and diagnostic processes applicable to equine neurologic disease will be provided. Course coordinator:
Steve Reed, DVM, DACVIM Instructors:
Frank Andrews, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Martin Furr, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Veronique Lacombe, DVM, DACVIM
Jamie Murphy, VMD, MS, DACVIM
Yvette Nout, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Bonnie Rush, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Francesca Sampieri, VMD, MRCVS
Bill Saville, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Dates:
January 8 - February 19, 2006
Real-time session: Sundays; January 8, 15, 22, 29, break, February 12; 9:30 - 11:30 PM ET CE Hours: 10 Tuition:
Member/$158, Non-Member/$237 by December 25, 2005;
Member/$175 Non-Member/$263 after December 25, 2005;
Registration also open to VSPN members. AAEP members eligible for VIN member pricing. Please type in the comment field of your course registration that you are a member of the AAEP and your member number. Equine Neurology Module A is NOT required as a prerequisite to take Module B.
We have designed the two modules to be taken independently. To Register:
Visit the Equine Neurology Module B page, and click on the Enroll Now link to enroll on the appropriate page listed below:
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