Calculate with Confidence with the VIN Suite of Calculators
If you like the Constant Rate Infusion Calculator or the Chocolate Toxicity Calculator, you'll love the VIN Suite of Calculators. The MyCalculations suite allows you to save data for your patients so that you can compare, print and share results from different visits. Check out these other calculators: Find Calculators and Conversion Tables in the Library and the VINDEX (Front Page or CTRL-E from almost anywhere on VIN and choose: Calc./Conversions).
Find those Elusive Past Clinical Updates!
Did you forget to add that cool journal article or great message board discussion to your MyStuff when it was a Clinical Update highlight? Are you spending your sleep time searching for it? You aren’t alone. Fret no more! Choosing Clinical Updates on the All Resources tab of VIN Search (before or after entering your search terms) will allow you to search clinical updates. Still need help (hint: there are other ways to find these gems)? A link to How to Find Clinical Updates is on the VIN Front Page. Don’t lose that gem again. Remember to click the little red heart or “Add to Mystuff” to save it. Just click MyVIN on the main navigation bar to find your MyStuff whenever you need it.
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Equine Cushing's Survey
Dr. James Carmalt of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan is conducting research into equine Cushing's Disease. The goals of the survey are to: - Determine the prevalence of disease
- Determine the most common treatment protocols being used by practitioners
- Evaluate the need for developing new treatment methodologies.
Although this survey does NOT reside on VIN, Dr Corp-Minamiji (VIN Staff Writer and equine practitioner) has taken the survey and verified that your participation will not compromise your personal privacy through marketing etc and should only take about five minutes of your time.
SUBSCRIBE to Your Favorite Discussions!
Have you ever wished someone would email you when a new post is added to a message board discussion you're following? Well the VIN Wizards have made it possible to SUBSCRIBE to Discussions on WWW.vin.com and Beta.vin.com. At the bottom of every discussion (new and old), you will find a SUBSCRIBE button. Click it and you will be notified, via the preferred email address in your VIN membership record, when additional posts are added to that discussion. When you no longer want to follow that discussion, click UNSUBSCRIBE and notifications will no longer be sent to you. (You can use the MyVIN feature or contact membership services to make sure we have your current email address.) Keep an eye on this section of VIN This Week to find out what new toys are waiting for you on VIN.
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New and Revised
Share these with your clients! Texas Farm Radio
Phenylpropanolamine toxicosis in dogs: 170 cases (2004-2009)
Objective? To evaluate signalment, clinical signs, dose ingested, treatment requirements, duration of hospitalization, and outcome of dogs exposed to phenylpropanolamine. Design? Retrospective case series. Animals? 170 dogs with potential PPA toxicosis evaluated between 2004 and 2009.
Evaluation of thoracic epidural analgesia induced by lidocaine, ketamine, or both administered via a lumbosacral approach in dogs
Thoracic epidural administration of lidocaine plus ketamine resulted in longer duration of analgesia of the thorax and forelimbs bilaterally in conscious dogs, compared with administration of ketamine or lidocaine alone. Additional studies are needed to determine whether this technique adequately relieves postoperative pain after thoracic surgical procedures and whether it causes respiratory depression in dogs.
Use asparaginase in the Wisconsin-Madison protocol?
Several papers were published in the last few years that retrospectively reviewed data without stating if the drug was given IM or SQ.
Extracting teeth in a small dog who is aggressive toward an infant: position statement of the American Veterinary Medical Association and Dental College
Owners have a 1-year-old baby that the dog seems to love. The dog follows him around, licks him, begs for food from the highchair etc. The dog has never given any sign of aggression until the dog was up on the couch and the baby tried to pet him. The dog bit the baby on the face, did not break skin, but hard enough to still see marks the next day. The owner is keeping them completely apart for now, and will always be very careful if they are reintroduced. However, we are researching extractions as a safety measure.
Interpretation of thoracic radiograph in a cat with cardiomegaly and an elevated proBNP; discussion of what VIN is and how it works
Neutered Male British Shorthair 8.5 years old weight 5.9 kgs with no rescent weight loss, 2 episodes of "half" a collpase and wheezes a fair amount. Rads below, mini screen fine except for borderline urea (top normal), haematology NAD. Urine NAd with SG 1.040 ProBNP: 600 pmol/l (>270 pmol/l cardiomyopathy very likely) If we do treat him, what do we treat with?
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, February 28, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, February 29, 2:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Find out what your colleagues are up to!
VIN Journal Club
Thursday, March 1, 1 p.m. ET
(Thursday, March 1, 6 p.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Guillaume Ragetly, DVM, PhD, DACVS, to discuss a surgery paper.
Grimes JA, Schmiedt CW, Cornell KK, et al.
Identification of risk factors for septic peritonitis and failure to survive following gastrointestinal surgery in dogs.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. February 2011;238(4):486-94.
All VIN members are welcome to attend this monthly series.
Find out how to access the full text article.
* This session is all text, no audio
VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, March 4, 10 p.m. ET
(Monday, March 5, 3 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Dan Heder, DVM for Sniffing out Information from Nasal Radiographs.
Invite your staff to attend via www.vspn.org.
Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock
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Download VINCasts
Too busy to read past Rounds sessions? Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen on the go. Rounds available as VINCasts are marked with an @. If you've reserved time for some quiet reading, click the Rounds button on the VIN Main Navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds. You can also browse the complete list of the last 300 Rounds transcripts or you can click on Rounds and Discussions in the VIN Library. Rounds are also searchable via the search button. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.
Add a personal touch to your message board postings by creating a signature that can be manually or automatically added to some or all posts. Watch these new help videos in the Show Me How Video Library to learn how to create and append your signature! If you're new to VIN or just need a refresher course on using the Message Boards, the help videos on the Message Boards main page will walk you through how to post new messages, find older posts and much more. Click the movie camera icons or the Text or Video links near the upper right hand side of the page and enjoy the show. Check out the full list of message board help videos here.
Career Development Resources
New graduates are often surprised by the magnitude of nonmedical knowledge and interpersonal demands they confront when they enter the real world of private practice. These materials were developed by the VetPartners Career Development Committee to help all colleagues handle some of the most common on-the-job frustrations. Need Help?
Have questions about your membership? Can't find that reference you need for a tough case? Help is a click, email or phone call away! (Hint: you can find this page anytime by clicking HELP on the main VIN Navigation Bar, and then clicking on "Member Support Team" in the left hand side column.)
 Book Review of the Week
Textbook of Veterinary Physiological Chemistry: 2nd edition
Buy this book at the VIN Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!
Website of the Week
(USA Drought Monitor)
eVetSites Tip of the Week
Improved Accuracy for Statistics
What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Pathology Case 89 - Opened 2/7
Ophthalmology Case 143 - Opened 2/21
Zoonosis Case 114 - Opened 2/13
Associate - Updated and New:
Filaroides (canine)
Explore the rest of Associate!
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 websites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: SAVMA, Voorjaarsdagen, ABVP, and BSAVA.
The fish story that got away
Client called, cat with a 3-hook treble-type lure stuck in its lip. Tech asks if I can go out to the parking lot. (Never a good sign.) The client asked her boyfriend to "hold" the cat. The boyfriend is in the passenger's seat and appears scared to death. He has the cat tightly secured in his lap. Unfortunately for him, one of the treble hooks has now lodged in the crotch of his pants. The cat has now got a front paw in a hook as well as the mouth. I told him I was going to have to push down on his 'area' so I could get the side-cutters in close enough to cut the hook on his end. Cut him free, raced cat into the clinic, sedated, removed the lure.
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE.
Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part I
March 18 - July 4, 2012 This course is designed to provide an introduction to and practical application of quality management in the veterinary clinical pathology laboratory. It is given in two parts (Part I and Part II). Part I is a prerequisite for Part II.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Canine Hyperadrenocorticism
March 25 - April 18, 2012 This course will detail the diagnosis and medical management of canine hyperadrenocorticism. The instructors will have an overview of available options for medical management of hyperadrenocorticism, with a more detailed discussion on the use of trilostane. Pharmaceutical Regulatory Review 2012
March 26 - April 12, 2012 This basic course will be open to veterinarians, veterinary technicians, support staff, veterinary teams, etc., who wish to learn how to evaluate their practice to reduce the risk of theft, diversion or prosecution for failure to maintain an adequate system of security and accountability for controlled substances. For more information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, visit the VSPN Course Catalog. VSPN offers courses tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VSPN members. Follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN / VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower. Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what's on the schedule.
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