🩺 KNOW YOUR NORMALS
This is the normal temperature range commonly used for adult dogs and cats.
What is approximately 99.5-102.5 degrees?
This latin abbreviation means a medication should be given by mouth.
What is Per Os?
On a radiograph, this material absorbs more x-ray than soft tissue and therefore appears white?
What is bone?
The suffix "itis" means this, as seen in terms like dermatitis, otitis, and cystitis.
What is inflammation?
This is the monitoring parameter for continuous, noninvasive carbon dioxide in exhaled breathing.
What is capnography?
A dog's respiratory rate is 48 breaths per minute while quietly resting. This term describes an abnormally increased respiratory rate.
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Answer: What is tachypnea?
This antagonist is commonly used to reverse the effects of opioids.
What is Naloxone?
This xray term is the maximum electrical voltage applied across an x-ray tube that directs impacts the contrast of the xray image.
What is kVp or Kilovotage peak?
As veterinary professionals, we never like seeing "HBC" in a medical record.
What is Hit By Car?
Palpebral reflex, jaw tone, eye position, heart rate and respiratory pattern can all provide information about this.
What is anesthetic depth?
A patient's gums are pink and moist, and the color returns in less than 2 seconds after pressure is released. This parameter is being evaluated.
What is capillary refill time?
A 15kg dog is prescribed a medication at 4mg/kg. The medication concentration is 20 mg/ml. This is the dose administration.
What is 3.0 mls?
This is the restriction of the primary xray bean to the specific area of clinical interest for imaging that also limits the beam size and reduction of ionizing radiation.
What is collimation?
Greek in origin, this abbreviation breakdown refers to "all" or "completely," leuco or "white," defiency or "lack of". When combined, directly refers to a total deficiency of all white blood cells. This disease is seen in cats.
What is Panleukopenia?
This anesthetic system does not circulate anesthetic gases out, but rather to and from; and is used for patients typically less than 10lbs.
What is a non-rebreather system?
This term describes an abnormally fast heart rate.
Answer: What is tachycardia?
I am commonly prescribed for neuropathic pain and can also have sedative effects.
What is Gabapentin?
The latin term referring to the anterior or belly side, and the posterior or back side of a patient.
What are ventral dorsal?
A patient that is seen as uncoordinated, having poor muscle control or having unsteady movement, is medically termed this.
What is ataxic? (ataxia)
This parameter we stay dialed into closely for patients with any stage of CKD during a procedure.
What is a blood pressure measurment?
This is a term referring to bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.
What is cyanosis?
This JAK2/TYK2 inhibitor helps disrupt cytokine pathways and hone in on inflammatory and itch pathways for pets.
What is Zenrelia?
This is a surgical complication of foreign body obstructions where diseased and damged segments of the intestines are removed and put back together.
What is a gastrointestinal resection and anastomosis?
A patient condition where a severe, deep corneal ulcer extends through all layers of the cornea, leaving only the final membrane, called Descemet's membrane.
What is a descemetocele?
This is an extra, abnormal heartbeat starting in the heart's lower chambers, that we look for intra and post op surgery, especially with splenectomies.
What is a Ventricular Premature Complex? (VPC)