Respiratory
What is the most common cause of dynamic upper airway obstruction in brachycephalic dogs?
What is BOAS?
Which leukocyte is typically increased in a stress leukogram alongside with mature neutrophilia and lymphopenia?
What is monocytes?
What laboratory value is commonly used alongside BUN to assess azotemia in dogs and cats?
What is Creatinine?
Which endocrine disease is commonly associated with polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and a pot-bellied appearance in dogs?
What is hyperadrenocorticism?
Which pancreatic enzyme immunoreactivity test is commonly used to investigate pancreatitis in dogs?
What is PLI?
What is chronic bronchitis/infectious airway disease/feline asthma
What red blood cell finding is classically associated with IMHA?
What is spherocytes?
What urine specific gravity finding would generally be considered inappropriately low in a dehydrated, azotemic dog?
What is isosthenuria? (1.008-1.012)
This phenomenon causes decreased thyroid hormone concentrations in a sick, non-hypothyroid animal. Can also be influenced by medications such as glucocorticoids.
What is euthyroid sick syndrome?
This liver enzyme is commonly increased with cholestasis and can be induced by glucocoirticoids
What is ALP?
This type of lung pattern on thoracic radiographs is characterized by air bronchograms and is commonly associated with pneumonia
What is alveolar pattern?
This coagulation disorder involves systemic activation of coagulation, consumption of platelets and clotting factors, and secondary fibrinolysis
What is DIC?
A dog has persistent proteinuria, an inactive sediment and a UPC of 3.8. Which renal compartment is most strongly suspected to be involved?
What is glomerulus?
Your patient has ketonemia, metabolic acidosis and dehydration. What is the defining metabolic complication?
What is DKA?
A dog has increased fasting and postprandial bile acids, low blood urea nitrogen, and microhepatica. Which vascular abnormality should be considered?
A cat has episodic expiratory effort and a bronchial radiographic pattern. What type of airway inflammation is characteristic of feline asthma?
What is eosinophilic airway inflammation?
A dog has petechiae, ecchymosis, and a markedly decreased PLT count, but normal PT and PTT. This primary hemostatic disorder is most likely responsible
What is thrombocytopenia?
This medication, used for hypertension in patients with CKD, is known for causing gingival hyperplasia in dogs
What is Amlodipine?
A dog receiving trilostane develops vomiting, weakness, hyperkalemia, and hyponaremia. What serious treatment complication must be investigated?
What is iatrogenic Addison's?
A dog has severe acute pancreatitis, persistent jaundice, and ultrasonographic evidence of extrahepatic biliary obstruction. What is the mechanism linking the pancreatic disease to the jaundice?
What is EHBO?
This condition causes expiratory airway collapse in dogs and is commonly associated with a chronic "honking" cough
What is tracheal collapse?
A dog with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia develops red-brown urine, but urine sediment reveals no red blood cells. This finding is most consistent with the presence of this pigment in the urine.
What is hemoglobinuria?
A dog with protein-losing nephropathy develops renal antithrombin loss, increasing its risk of this potentially fatal complication.
What is thromboembolism?
A dog has episodic weakness and documented hypoglycemia with inappropriately detectable insulin at the time of low blood glucose. What is the most likely diagnosis?
What is insulinoma?
A dog with chronic hepatopathy has low albumin, low BUN, hypoglycemia, and prolonged coagulation times. What unifying hepatic functional problem could explain these findings?
What is liver dysfunction?