Happy New Year!
All of us at VIN hope you, and those you love, have a wonderfully happy, healthy and prosperous 2003, Thanks for using VIN!Be a Mentor!
Is mentoring a vet student one of your New Year's resolutions? VIN can help! Use VINDEX (Front Page, right column) to sign up to share your real life experiences with a veterinary student through our Adopt a Student program!
Mark your calendars!
The January 5 Rounds will be held at two different times (2 pm ET, 10 pm ET). Pick the one that fits your schedule - or come to both! Is Your Information Current?
Have there been changes in your life? Do you need to update your email address? Do you want to create your message board signature (sig) file? Have you recently moved, and need to update your mailing address and phone number? Do you want to renew your VIN membership? Use MyVIN! Click the MyVIN button on VIN's main navigation bar, and go! Enjoy the power!
A Preliminary Investigation Comparing Pre-Operative Morphine and Buprenorphine for Postoperative Analgesia and Sedation in Cats
At the doses used in this study, both morphine and buprenorphine appeared to provide a useful, and buprenorphine a superior, degree of post-operative analgesia when given pre-operatively.
Uveitis and Pupillary Block Glaucoma in an Aphakic Dog
Uveitis is the most common postoperative complication of cataract surgery in dogs, sometimes persisting for months.
Procrit Antibody Questions
Because the risk of antibodies is significant, it is recommended to reserve epogen for cats whose PCV is less than 16%.
Calcium Correction Formula For Puppy
Formulas for any calcium correction with albumin are really just theories - they have never been proven to be valid in animals, and basically are just a method for understanding the relationship of calcium to protein binding to albumin.
Strategies For Success --
Positioning Your Practice Where It Needs To Be
- Do you have the "perfect practice?"
- Do you know what the upcoming trends are in veterinary medicine?
- Do you jump out of bed each morning excited to start your day?
- Do you know how to switch from doctor to manager to entrepreneur when necessary?
If you said "NO" to any of those questions, don't fret! VIN CE can help! Strategies For Success: Positioning Your Practice Where It Needs To Be can help you create constructive change within your practice. Using a case-based approach, you'll examine external trends affecting your practice, explore your practice's strengths and weaknesses, create a new practice strategy (and devise an action plan to implement it), and learn how to use a business plan as a management tool. You'll also learn how to create vision, mission, and value statements for your practice. INSTRUCTOR:
Don Draper, DVM, PhD, MBA; Iowa State University DATES: January 30 - March 6, 2003 Visit the Strategies For Success: Positioning Your Practice Where It Needs To Be course page for more information on this 10-hour CE course. Sign up now and SAVE! Other modules in this five part series include:
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, December 31, 9:30 pm ET
No offline "Happy New Year" parties to attend? Spend time with your online friends.
Rounds Room
How to Use VIN - no class this week
Wednesday, January 1, no class
We think you'll remember the class session better if you are NOT recovering from the New Year parties. See you next Wednesday for part 1 of VIN's How To course!
New Grad Rounds
Thursday, January 2, 10 pm ET
Stop by and share YOUR interpretation of the year 2002 in veterinary practice. Was it everything you hoped for - or was it a bust?
Rounds Room
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, January 5, 2 pm ET or 10 pm ET
Confused about D-Dimers, FDPs, DIC, etc.? Join John Rossmeisl, DVM, DACVIM, for D-Dimers And What They Tell Us. To make it easier for our European colleagues to attend, this session will be held twice (2 pm ET and 10 pm ET). Please join us at whichever time is most convenient for you.
Rounds Room
 What's Your Diagnosis?
Sick Vacationer, Madagascar
Speak Out:
Family vs Career, Real World vs Student
From VIN's Bookstore:
Orthopedics
Survey of The Week Results:
* Nasal Mites
* Euthanasia Procedures
* FATE
* Veterinary Career Survey, Part 1
Recent Rounds:
* Practice Finances
* Care of the Bitch During Pregnancy
* UFOs: Unidentified Fever Origins
* Profit & Loss Statements
* Corticosteroids and Nervous System
From the Boards:
* Overnight Analgesia
* Bilateral Facial Swelling
* Vaccinations (Reader's Digest)
* Honey Trial
Need Books?
Everything from AAHA to Zoonosis, you'll find books for review and for reference in VIN's Bookstore. Click the 'Need Books?' link on VIN's Front Page to browse VIN's Bookstore. Featured Book:
Feline Oncology
List $99.00 - VINner Price: $89.10
By Gregory Ogilvie, Anthony Moore
From the authors and publisher of the popular Managing the Veterinary Cancer Patient comes an indispensable reference for feline practitioners. Feline Oncology was written for readers of the original who demanded more comprehensive information about the cat. This manual compiles a remarkable amount of detail in an easy-to-follow, practical format.
Click here to order a copy for yourself or your staff.
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