Pre-Anaesthetic Diagnostics Flashcards
What can PCV show (name 3)
- Anaemia and how bad
- Jaundice
- Blood cell concentration
- If the patient has been fasted properly
- Dehydration
- Polycythaemia (animal has excess RBC)
What can RBC count show (name 2)
Anaemia - regenerative or non-regenerative
Parasites
Foreign Bodies
Disease
What can WBC count show (name 2)
Infection
Kind of infection
Leukaemia
What will Total Protein show? (name 3)
- Liver failure (live creates plasma proteins)
- Kidney issues (losing too much in urine)
- Haemorrhage (blood contains proteins)
- Chronic malabsorption (stomach not absorbing protein correctly?)
- Dehydration
What would a glucose test show? (name 2)
- Diabetes
- Insulinoma
- If they were fasted
- Stress
What would an ALT / ALKP test show? (name 2)
- Liver function
- Hyperthyroidism
- Cushings
What would Urea / Creatinine / Phosphorus tests show? (Name 3)
- Liver disease
- Kidney function
- Recent protein meal
- Muscle tissue breakdown
- Extensive muscle injury
- Dehydration
- Urethral blockage
What would testing Electrolytes NA and K show?
- Kidney function
- Dehydration
- Addisons
- Vomiting and dehydration
- Metabolic disturbances
- Blocked cat
What would urinalysis show? (name 2)
- Infection
- Cystalluria
- Renal function
- Urinary tract trauma
- Neoplasia
- Diabetes mellitus
What does an ECG show?
- Detection of arrhythmia
What does blood gas test show
Disease affecting lungs
How well lungs and kidneys are interacting to maintain normal pH
What will radiography show?
- Aid to diagnosis and surgery
Rule out other underlying conditions before proceeding
Why would you check clotting profiles?
Show potential problems
Identify Von Willebrands Disease
