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Fluid Therapy
Why is hypovolemia a problem,
Why is hypervolemia a problem,
What are insensible losses estima...
56
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Acute Kidney Injury
What are the criteria for injury ...,
How can you diagnose acute kidney...,
What are the causes of pre renal ...
42
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Urolithiasis
What chemicals are likely to prec...,
Are feline uroliths indications o...,
What do feline uroliths indicate
37
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Chronic Kidney Disease
What are the causes of chronic ki...,
What should you look at when exam...,
What are the biomarkers of kidney...
47
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Canine Wellness
When do innocent puppy murmurs re...,
When do canine permanent incisors...,
What parasites are puppies most c...
46
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Feline Wellness
What parasites do kittens usually...,
Do tapeworms dipylidium caninum i...,
How many litterboxes should peopl...
27
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Pros and Cons of Spay Neuter
What is the lifetime risk of a fe...,
What is the most common tumor of ...,
How many mammary gland tumors in ...
16
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Urogenital Surgery
What is the most common type of n...,
Where does the urinary tract rupt...,
What are some causes for urethral...
62
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Diseases of the Prostate
What are the types of prostatic d...,
What are the clinical signs of pr...,
What can be found on physical exa...
18
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Urinary Tract Neoplasia
What are the benign neoplasias of...,
What are the malignant neoplasias...,
What is the most common neoplasia...
25
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Feline Idiopathic Cystitis
What cats are prone to feline idi...,
What are the clinical signs of fe...,
What are the three layers of the ...
13
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UTIs in Small Animals
What is pyelonephritis,
What in urine helps with defense,
What are the clinical signs of utis
20
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Nutritional Management of Urinary Disease
What are the recommendations for ...,
What are the goals of nutritional...,
What is the most important nutrie...
29
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Nutritional Management of Renal Disease
What should you make nutritional ...,
What are the nutrients of concern...,
What are the secondary nutrients ...
16
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Approach to Cancer in Companion Animals
When does the risk of cancer peak...,
What are the types of cancer trea...,
What is the critical first step i...
43
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The Evaluation of the Anemic Patient
What is anemia,
What is the significance of anemia,
What are the causes of anemia
33
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Polycythemia
What is polycythemia,
What can lead to dehydration that...,
How can you treat relative polycy...
15
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Disorders of Coagulation
What are the four rule outs for t...,
What are the spontaneous clinical...,
What can you use to assess platel...
51
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Transfusion Medicine
Does giving blood or oxygen have ...,
What does increasing stroke volum...,
What are the two forms in which b...
42
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Generalized Lower Motor Neuron Disease
What can cause abnormal synaptic ...,
What are the postural reactions l...,
Where can the lesion be with lowe...
28
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Cauda Equina
Where is the cauda equina,
What are the typical clinical sig...,
What is degenerative lumbosacral ...
22
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Non-compressive Spinal Cord Disorders
What happens with urinary inconti...,
What lower motor neuron diseases ...,
What can cause extradural spinal ...
26
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Intervertebral Disc Disease
Does concussion or compression ca...,
What type of injury does disc pro...,
What is compressive extrusion like
39
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Wobbler Syndrome and Spinal Cord Tumors
Which surgical system for wobbler...,
Which breeds are predisposed to l...,
How old are dogs with lateral and...
37
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Atlanto-Axial Luxation and Syringohydromyelia
Where is the axial ligament,
What does the apical ligament do,
What are some congenital malforma...
32
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Stroke
What is stroke,
What is ischemia,
What can cause an ischemic infarc...
28
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Meningoencephalitis
What is meningitis,
What are the most common types of...,
How common is meningoencephalitis...
33
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Brain Tumors in Dogs and Cats
Are most brain tumors in dogs sup...,
What type of tumors is meningioma,
Where are most meningiomas in dogs
31
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Hydrocephalus
What most often causes porencephaly,
Where is csf produced,
How often is the total csf replaced
28
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Idiopathic Epilepsy
What is a cluster seizure,
What is the prodromal phase,
What is a generalized seizure
37
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Surgical Diseases of the Nasal Cavity
What are thee differential diagno...,
Which biopsies can be collected f...,
What should you measure prior to ...
37
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Pleural Effusion
How much pleural effusion is norm...,
What increases as tidal volume de...,
What can be found on physical exa...
31
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Upper Airway
Who is typically affected by lar ...,
What does lar par golpp lpn look ...,
What does recurrent laryngeal ner...
32
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Respiratory Airway
What are the respiratory signs in...,
What are the respiratory signs in...,
What can you sample in respirator...
18
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Fungal Disease
What should make you consider a f...,
Where is blastomyces dermatidis u...,
What is the treatment of choice f...
37
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Tick-Borne Diseases
What are the bartonellosis species,
What is bartonellosis known to ca...,
What causes rocky mountain spotte...
35
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Selected Infectious Diseases
When should you consider canine d...,
When should you consider bacteria...,
When should you consider feline p...
19
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Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus
Which dogs are at greatest risk f...,
What happens in gastric dilatatio...,
How can you recognize gdv
28
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Feline Retroviruses
What does feline leukemia virus d...,
What are the felv major protein g...,
What is important about gag prote...
51
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Surgery of the Spleen
What are the functions of the spleen,
What are the types of generalized...,
What are the surgical diseases of...
36
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Gastroenterology in Small Animal Medicine
What does dysphagia indicate,
What is dysphagia,
What are the oral causes of dysph...
28
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Gastrointestinal Disease: Vomiting
When should you take radiographs ...,
What systemic non gastrointestina...,
What are the clinical signs of ca...
25
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Gastrointestinal Disease: Diarrhea
How can you use dietary managemen...,
How can you use dietary managemen...,
What drugs can you give for acute...
66
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Hepatobiliary Disease
Which enzymes are markers of pare...,
What is reactive hepatitis like,
What gastrointestinal diseases ar...
37
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Increased Serum Transaminases in the Dog
What are the bacterial hepatobili...,
What is a hepatic and or bile fna...,
Is bile or liver better to culture
31
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The Icteric Cat and Dog
Where does heme come from,
What percentage of septic cats ha...,
What infections can cause heemoly...
32
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Nutritional Support and Approach to Cases
For which stones should you look ...,
What is providing nutritional sup...,
Are gastrostomy tubes more useful...
13
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Salivary Mucoceles and Perineal Hernias
What are the clinical signs of a ...,
How can you treat a salivary muco...,
What is the usual cause of a cerv...
24
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Nutritional Management of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
How is insoluble fiber best estim...,
What is soluble fiber best estima...,
What are the common etiologies of...
28
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Gastrointestinal Surgery
What can cause a gasstrointestina...,
Are gi foreign bodies more common...,
How should you evaluate small int...
24
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Surgery of the Liver and Extrahepatic Biliary Tract
When would a liver lobectomy be u...,
What is the most common surgery o...,
Are cats or dogs more likely to g...
43
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Diseases of the Pituitary Gland (and PU/PD)
What are the diabetogenic hormones,
What is acromegaly usually from i...,
How can you test for acromegaly
26
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Adrenal Disease- A Tail of Two Puppies
What does a slow heart rate with ...,
Cortisol ___________ rules out ad...,
What can you do for hyperkalemia
18
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Periodontal Disease and Endodontic Disease
What does the host immune respons...,
What diagnostics should be done f...,
What is the ultimate goal of trea...
7
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Hyperadrenocorticism
What is the main screening test f...,
What is trilostane,
What can mitotane cause necrosis of
6
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Feline Tooth Resorption and Oral Inflammation
Tooth resorption is defined as th...,
What is type 1 tooth resorption like,
How should you treat type 1 tooth...
10
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Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Ketoacidosis Part I
Cats have a ___________ deficienc...,
How likely is remission to occur ...,
What is usually used to diagnose ...
11
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Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Ketoacidosis Part II
What are sglts,
What are the advantages of sodium...,
What is the most serious side eff...
6
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Thyroid Disease
How much circulating t4 is protei...,
What is the common screening test...,
What is the best screening test f...
19
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Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia
What makes up total serum calcium,
What is the equation for correcte...,
What is the most common cause of ...
9
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Surgery of the Endocrine System
What do chief cells secrete,
What do parafollicular cells secrete,
What is the half life of parathyr...
20
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Nutritional Management of Endocrine and Lipid Disorders
What is the nutritional goal of t...,
Are dogs or cats more affected by...,
Which diabetic dogs should you no...
7
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Nutritional Management of Obesity
What is a good focus to have duri...,
How much can spaying neutering de...,
Are weight loss diets meant for s...
4
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Clinical Approach to Cardiology
What might prompt you to look for...,
What tests are available for occu...,
What should you look at on thorac...
15
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Congenital Heart Disease
What are the most common congenit...,
What is most important in a physi...,
What are the locations of murmurs
9
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Thoracic Surgery
What is the most common technique...,
What are thoracic wall defects us...,
Where is marlex polypropylene mes...
27
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Symptomatic Dog: Cough and Dyspnea
When looking at radiographs of an...,
How long does it take to get an n...,
If an nt probnp test is 900 pmol ...
5
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Symptomatic Dog: Weakness and Collapse
Why should you get an ekg in an a...,
What are the outflow tract obstru...,
When should you intervene on some...
6
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Diaphragmatic Hernias and Persistent Right Aortic Arch
What is the most common organ to ...,
What makes a traumatic diaphragma...,
What is seen on a lateral radiogr...
11
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Nutritional Management of Cardiac Disease
What are the nutritional goals in...,
What are the negative effects of ...,
What are the mechanisms of cardia...
10
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Cardiology for Cats
What is the most common heart dis...,
What might indicate cardiac disea...,
What levels of nt probnp quantita...
13
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