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Title: Radiographing Veterinary Emergencies


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RadiographingVeterinary Emergencies
  • Jane MacLellan

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Common Veterinary Emergencies
  • Gastric dilation-volvulus
  • Hit by car
  • Intestinal obstruction
  • Blocked cat
  • Respiratory distress
  • Dystocia
  • Toxicity
  • Hemangiosarcoma

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Radiographing Emergencies
  • Stabilize first!
  • Radiographs are not a treatment

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Gastric Dilation-Volvulus
  • Normal stomach
  • Parallel to ribs on Lateral view
  • Pylorus on right
  • Fundus on left

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Gastric Dilation-Volvulus
  • Acute gastric dilation
  • Stomach distended with gas, fluid, food.
  • Pylorus and fundus in the normal position
  • Gastric dilation-volvulus
  • Stomach is rotated
  • Pylorus is shifted dorsally and to the left key
    to diagnosing GDV
  • Lateral views are of most value
  • Left lateral ? pylorus filled with fluid
  • Right lateral ? pylorus filled with gas
  • Pylorus on left
  • GDV
  • Compartmentalization ?

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Hit by Car
  • Thorax
  • Lung contusions
  • Pneumothorax
  • Broken ribs
  • Hemothorax
  • Abdomen
  • Loss of detail

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Hit by Car
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Fractures
  • Luxations

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HBC - Thorax
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HBC - Abdomen
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HBC - Musculoskeletal
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Intestinal Obstruction
  • Vomiting, lethargy, anorexia
  • Dilation of bowel loops orad to obstruction
  • Longer duration greater distension
  • Distal obstruction greater amount of distended
    loops
  • Partial obstructions are less obvious
  • Frequent vomiting can remove gas/fluid
  • Mineral/Metal are easily seen
  • Non-mineralized/metalic objects difficult to see

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Intestinal Obstruction
  • Linear FB
  • Plicated appearance
  • Short gas filled tubes
  • Additional information to confirm obstruction
  • Serial radiographs
  • Contrast studies
  • Barium swallow
  • Ultrasound

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Bone Foreign Body
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Linear Foreign Body
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Contrast Study
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Respiratory Distress
  • Many differentials
  • Pneumonia
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pleural effusion
  • Thoracic mass
  • Radiographs can tell us A LOT

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Pneumothorax
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Pneumonia
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Congestive Heart Failure
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Dystocia
  • Radiographs are useful to detect
  • Position of fetus
  • Size of fetus
  • Number of fetuses left
  • Whether fetus is still alive

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Dystocia
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Blocked Cat
  • Radiographs shouldnt be your first step
  • Unblock the cat first!
  • Once unblocked, may be helpful
  • Stones
  • Crystals
  • If cant unblock
  • Location of the obstruction

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Blocked Cat
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Blocked Cat
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Toxicity
  • Loss of detail

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Toxicity
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Ruptured Hemangiosarcoma
  • Loss of detail
  • Abdominal mass
  • Globoid heart - pericardial effusion
  • Basketball heart

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Ruptured Hemangiosarcoma
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