Small Animal Medicine Exam I Flashcards
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For animals with GI signs, getting a good history is of the utmost importance to get on the correct diagnostic path. What are some questions you should be asking your clients?
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Define dysphasia. List some common causes.
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Neurogenic dysphagia can be categorized as ____, ____, or ____.
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Prehensile, pharyngeal, or cricopharyngeal
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What is prehensile neurogenic dysphagia?
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Pharyngeal and cricopharyngal dysfunction/dysphasia usually result in _____.
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Define halitosis. List some common causes.
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Differentiate between ptyalism and pseudopytalism.
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Differentiate between vomiting and regurgitation.
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How can we use nausea, retching, the presence of bile, and pH to differentiate between vomiting and regurgitation?
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Vomiting is most commonly associated with which other clinical manifestations?
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Regurgitation paired with dysphagia should lead to explore for ___ disease.
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Regurgitation without dysphagia should lead to explore for ___ disease. List some examples.
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What is expectoration?
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What is hematemesis?
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What is diarrhea? List some different causes for acute and chronic diarrhea.
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Describe small intestinal diarrhea in terms of weight loss, polyphagia, frequency of vowel movements, volume of feces, blood in feces, mucus in feces, tenesmsus, and vomiting.
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Describe large intestinal diarrhea in terms of weight loss, polyphagia, frequency of vowel movements, volume of feces, blood in feces, mucus in feces, tenesmsus, and vomiting.
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List some common causes of chronic large intestinal diarrhea.
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____ is considered normal on the purina fecal score.
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What is hematochezia? What is it associated with?
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What is melena? What is it associated with?
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Define tenesmus.
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Define dyschezia.
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What is constipation?
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What is obstipation?
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What is fecal incontinence? List some common causes.
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What are the different GI related etiologies of weight loss?
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Anorexia and hyporexia are common findings in GI disease. Differentiate between the two.
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What does abdominal pain look like in the small animal patient?
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What is an acute abdomen? List some causes.
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List some different causes of abdominal enlargement in the small animal patient.
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What is this?
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What individual organ s should you be able top identify on abdominal palpation of the dog?
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What individual organs should you be able top identify on abdominal palpation of the cat?
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How can we increase our visualization of the base of the cat tongue to assess for linear foreign bodies?
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A complete physical exam in the dog includes a rectal palpation. What structures should you be able to palpate?
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Describe the value of a minimum database for a small animal patient with GI related clinical signs.
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Describe the value of a fecal parasite test for a small animal patient with GI related clinical signs.
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Describe the value of a bacterial fecal culture for a small animal patient with GI related clinical signs.
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Describe the value of an ELISA/IFA/PCR fecal analysis for a small animal patient with GI related clinical signs.
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Describe the use of ELISA testing to diagnose parvovirus.
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Describe the use of ELISA-SNAP testing to diagnose giardia.
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Describe the value of a fecal cytology for a small animal patient with GI related clinical signs.
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Identify the pathogen found on a fecal cytology.
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Identify the pathogen found on a fecal cytology.
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Identify the pathogen found on a fecal cytology.
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How do we use serum gastrin as a diagnostic test for GI disease?
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How do we use Helicobacter testing as a diagnostic test for GI disease?
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How do we use fecal alpha-1 protease inhibitor as a diagnostic test for GI disease?
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We use _____ to diagnose EPI.
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We use ____ to diagnose pancreatitis.
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We use _____ to evaluate/diagnose bacterial overgrowth and intestinal disease.
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____ and ____ are two different ways we can use radiography to diagnose GI diseases.
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List the contraindications for a GI barium study in a small animal patient.
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What is your top differential for this patient?
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Describe how we use ultrasonography to diagnose GI disease.
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Differentiate between a rigid and flexible endoscope and their usefulness as a diagnostic test for a patient with GI disease.
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What are the pros to using endoscopy/colonoscopy to diagnose GI disease?
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What are the cons to using endoscopy/colonoscopy to diagnose GI disease?
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What are the two main goals (general) of a laparotomy in a patient with GI disease?
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Fluids should never be administered _____ since it can cause ____.
Intraperitoneal ; peritonitis (also takes 24-48hrs to absorb)
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What distribution of total body water can be found intracellular, extracellular, interstitial and intravascular?
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We use fluids in patients with GI disease to address ____, ____, and ____.
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_____ such as ____ are known to correct acid-base deficits faster than acidifying fluids like _____.
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_____ is a common pathology in chronic GIT disease. How do we address it with fluid therapy?
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Differentiate between enteral, parenteral, and SQ fluid administration.
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How do we determine the rate at which to administer fluids to our small animal patients?
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Daily crystalloid fluids should be calculated based on ____, ____, and ____.
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What does 5-6% dehydration look like clinically?
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What does 7-8% dehydration look like clinically?
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What does 9-10% dehydration look like clinically?
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How do we calculate fluid deficit in L?
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What are the fluid maintenance needs for a canine or feline patient?
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How do we calculate ongoing losses as it relates to vomiting or diarrhea?
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What are the appropriate rates for initial resuscitation boluses in canine and feline patients?
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If your patient is anorexic or not eating enough, you can prevent hypokalemia by supplement KCl in their fluids. However, you should not add more than ___.
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What are some foods that we consider bland and easily digestible for our small animal patients?
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Describe hypoallergenic dietary management for GI patients.
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What are the indications for an ultra low fat diet for a GI patient?
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What are the indications for a low fat diet for a GI patient?
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When and why would you consider fiber supplementation in a GI patient?
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Differentiate between soluble and insoluble fiber.
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How do we calculate basal energy requirements and maintenance energy requirements for our small animal patients?
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* Use 1.5 as your adjustment factor
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In addition to adjusting the diet, how else can we modify the diet our of GI patients to encourage them to eat?
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List the different therapeutics we use as appetite stimulates in our canine and feline patients.
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Differentiate between enteral nutrition and tube feeding.
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Differentiate between total parental nutrition and partial parental nutrition.
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List some of the different peripherally acting antiemetics we use in our GI patients.
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List some of the different centrally acting antiemetics we use in our GI patients.
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Why do we use antacids? List the major categories.
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List the different acid titrating antacid drugs we use in our GI patients.
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List the different H2 blocker antacid drugs we use in our GI patients.
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List the different proton pump inhibitors antacid drugs we use in our GI patients.
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Why do we use intestinal protectants in our GI patients? List the ones we most commonly use.
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Why do we use pancreatic enzyme supplements in our GI patients? List the ones we most commonly use.
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Why do we use motility modifiers in our GI patients? List the ones we most commonly use.
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Why do we use anti-inflammatory or anti-secretory drugs in our GI patients? List the ones we most commonly use.
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Why do we use immunosuppressive therapies in our GI patients? List the ones we most commonly use.
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Why do we use antibacterials in our GI patients? List the ones we most commonly use.
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We use a combination of ____, ____, and _____ for symptomatic Helicobacter gastritis.
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Differentiate between a probiotic and prebiotic.
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Why do we use enema, laxatives, and cathartics in our GI patients? List the ones we most commonly use.
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What is gingivitis/periodontitis? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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What is a sialocele? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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List the most common benign neoplasias of the canine oral cavity.
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List the most common malignant neoplasias of the canine oral cavity.
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How do we diagnose, stage, and treat oral neoplasia in the canine oral cavity?
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What are some of the different oral neoplasms we may find in the feline oral cavity? Which is most common?
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Describe the etiology, lesions, diagnosis, and treatment of feline eosinophilic granulomas.
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When it comes to eosinophilic granuloma complex, you should always think of the cause as ____ or ____.
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What are some of the causes of primary and secondary stomatitis?
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What is the etiology of feline lymphocytic-plasmacytic stomatitis?
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How do we diagnose and treat feline lymphocytic-plasmacytic stomatitis?
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Describe masticatory muscle myositis as a potential causative agent of dysphasia.
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Describe cricopharyngeal achalasia/dysfunction as a potential causative agent of dysphasia.
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What is the etiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment for pharyngeal dysphasia?
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What is the etiology, clinical signs, and diagnostic tests for congenital megaesophagus?
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What is the treatment for congenital megaesophagus? What secondary complication is the primary cause of death for these patients?
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What are the different etiologies of acquire megaesophagus? How do we diagnose it?
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How do we treat acquire megaesophagus? What secondary complication is the leading cause of death for these patients?
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What is the etiology of esophagitis?
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What are the clinical signs of esophagitis? How do we diagnose it?
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How do we treat esophagitis?
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Esophageal stricture is a possibility for up to ___ following an anesthetic/intubation event.
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Describe a hiatal hernia as an esophageal pathology.
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Describe dysautonomia as an esophageal pathology.
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What is happening in this radiograph?
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What is a vascular ring anomaly? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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Identify the pathology in this radiograph.
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Identify the pathology.
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Describe the prevalence, clinical signs, sequelae, and diagnose of an esophageal foreign body.
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What are the most common locations for an esophageal foreign body?
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What is the treatment for an esophageal foreign body?
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What are your differentials for this patient?
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What is esophageal cicatrix? What is the most common clinical sign and how do we diagnose it?
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How do we treat esophageal cicatrix?
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What are the most common esophageal neoplasms seen in the dog?
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What are the most common esophageal neoplasms seen in the cat?
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How do we diagnose and treat esophagus neoplasms in our canine and feline patients?
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Identify the anatomy of the stomach.
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Identify the anatomy of the stomach.
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What key clinical pathology findings would you expect to find in a patient with chronic vomiting versus chronic diarrhea?
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Gastritis is a diagnosis of ____. What are the different kinds of gastritis we will encounter clinically?
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Describe the prevalence and causes of acute gastritis.
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What are the clinical signs of acute gastritis? How do we diagnose it?
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When should we consider acute gastritis more severe and pursue intestinal treatment?
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What is the treatment for acute gastritis?
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Describe the prevalence and key clinical signs/signalment relative to acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome/
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How do we diagnose AHDS/HGE?
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How do we treat AHDS/HGE?
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What is chronic gastritis? What is the most common clinical sign?
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How do we diagnose chronic gastritis?
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What are your differentials for a patient with chronic gastritis?
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How do we use dietary management and supportive therapeutics to treat chronic gastritis?
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How do we diagnose and treat Helicobacter-associated disease?
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What are the different causes of gastric outflow obstructions?
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Describe the causes, risk factors, and clinical signs of pyloric stenosis.
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How do we diagnose and treat pyloric stenosis?
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Describe the prevalence and most common clinical sign of gastric foreign bodies.
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How do we diagnose gastric foreign bodies?
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What is the treatment for gastric foreign bodies?
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What are the risk factors for a GDV?
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Describe the pathophysiology of a GDV.
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Identify the anatomy.
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Identify the anatomy.
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Identify the radiographic pathology.
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How do we diagnose a GDV?
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A ___ rotations (GDV) is the most common.
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What is the treatment for a GDV?
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What should we monitor for in our GDV patients post-operatively?
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Describe the cause, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment for bilious vomiting syndrome.
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What are the different etiologies of gastrointestinal ulceration/erosion?
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What are the clinical signs of GI ulcers/erosions?
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How do we diagnose gastrointestinal ulceration/erosion?
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What would you expect to find on the abdominal ultrasound of a patient with GI ulcers?
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What is the treatment for GI ulcers?
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How do we prevent GI ulcers?
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What is the most common gastric neoplasia in the dog? What about the cat?
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What are the clinical signs of gastric neoplasias?
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How do we diagnose gastric neoplasia?
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What would you expect to find on the CBC of a patient with gastric neoplasia?
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What is the treatment for gastric neoplasia?
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What is the etiology of acute enteritis?
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What are the clinical signs of acute enteritis?
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How do we diagnose acute enteritis?
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What are the general treatment options for acute enteritis?
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How do we modify diet to treat acute enteritis?
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What is the etiology of dietary induced acute diarrhea?
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What are the clinical signs of dietary induced acute diarrhea?
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How do we diagnose and treat dietary induced acute diarrhea?
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What is the etiology of canine parvovirus?
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What is the most common cause of canine parvovirus infections? What breeds are most susceptible?
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What are the clinical signs of canine parvovirus?
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How do we diagnose canine parvovirus?
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What is the canine parvovirus monoclonal antibody?
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What are some common therapeutic mistakes when it comes to treating GI disease?
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In addition to canine parvovirus, what are some other causative agents of viral diarrhea?
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List three bacterial causes of diarrhea.
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List two fungal causes of diarrhea.
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Describe Campylobacter as a causative agent of bacterial diarrhea. What are the clinical signs? How is it diagnosed and treated?
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Describe salmonella as a causative agent of bacterial diarrhea. How is it spread? What are the clinical signs and treatment?
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Describe clostridium disease as a causative agent of diarrhea. What are the clinical signs? How do we diagnose it?
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How do we treat clostridial diarrhea?
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Describe histoplasmosis as it affects dogs and cats. What systems does it primarily attack?
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How do we diagnose and treat diarrhea secondary to histoplasmosis?
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of whipworms? How do we diagnose and treat them?
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of roundworms? How do we diagnose and treat them?
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Describe the public health concern relative to roundworms.
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of hookworms? How do we diagnose and treat them?
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Describe the public health concern when it coms to hookworms.
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of tapeworms? How do we diagnose and treat them?
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of coccidiosis? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of cryptosporidia? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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Identify the parasites.
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Identify the parasites.
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of giardiasis? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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Identify the organism (common and scientific name).
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What are the clinical signs of trichomoniasis? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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Identify the parasites.
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Describe the etiology and clinical signs of EPI.
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How do we diagnose EPI?
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Describe the etiology, clinical signs, and diagnosis of dietary responsive diarrhea.
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What is the treatment for dietary responsive diarrhea?
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What is the etiology of ARE/dysbiosis?
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What are the clinical signs of ARE?dysbiosis? How do we diagnose it?
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What is the treatment for ARE/dysbiosis?
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Describe the relationship between dietary responsive diarrhea and ARE.
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What is the definitive sequence fr therapeutic trails for patients with chronic enteropathies?
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What is the etiology of IBD?
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What are the clinical signs of IBD? How do we diagnose it?
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How do we treat IBD in dogs?
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How do we treat IBD in cats?
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What is the etiology of intestinal lymphangectasia? What breeds are most susceptible?
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What are the clinical signs of intestinal lymphangectasia? How do we diagnose and treat it?
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List some of the different kinds of intestinal obstructions we may find in our small animal patients.
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How do we determine in the small intestine is distended in the radiograph of a canine abdomen?
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How do we determine if the small intestine is distended in the radiograph of a feline abdomen?
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Where is an intussusception most likely to occur in the GIT? What patients is it most likely to occur in a what are the clinical signs?
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Identify the different layers of the intestine.
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If you see this sign on ultrasound, it is indicative of an ______.
Intusussception
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What are some different causes of large intestinal inflammation in our small animal patients?
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What are the different causes, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatments for acute colitis?
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What are the etiologies, diagnostic tools, and treatments for chronic colitis?
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What is this and why does it happen?
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What is the treatment for a rectal prolapse?
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What is this?
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What is this?
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What is anal sacculitis? How do we treat it?
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What are the different types of neoplasias we commonly find in the small intestines?
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What are the different types of neoplasias we commonly find in the large intestines?
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What are some different causes of constipation?
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Identify the main pathology in this radiograph.
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Identify the main pathology in this radiograph.
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What is the treatment for constipation?
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Septic peritonitis is usually caused by _____.
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What are the most common causes of septic peritonitis in the dog?
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List some of the most common organisms associated with secondary septic peritonitis.
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What are the most common causes of septic peritonitis in the cat?
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What are the causes/etiologies of primary (spontaneous) bacterial peritonitis in dogs and cats?
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When would you expect to see post operative peritonitis clinically? What are some risk factors?
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What are the clinical signs of septic peritonitis?
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How do we diagnose septic peritonitis?
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Identify the main pathology in this radiograph.
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Identify the main pathology in this radiograph.
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Identify the main pathology.
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What would you expect to see on cytology of abdominal fluid from a patient with septic peritonitis?
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What is the treatment for primary bacterial peritonitis (PBP)?
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What is the treatment for secondary (septic) peritonitis?
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What is a hemoabdomen? What are some causes?
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The number one cause of nontraumatic hemoabdomens is _____.
Neoplasia (hemangiosarcomas)
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Describe hemangiosarcomas as a causative agent of hemoabdomens.
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What is abdominal carcinomatosis? What is the primary complaint/clinical sign and cause?
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What is the treatment and prognosis for abdominal carcinomatosis?
