2019 CVM News: Hospital services coordinate to diagnose and treat dangerous, disguised condition

Abstract

This news item is about: Within only a few days, a young St. Bernard went from a swollen leg to critically ill. Her owners rushed her to Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA). There, it was all hands on deck as the hospital’s emergency, internal medicine, soft tissue, anesthesiology and critical care services worked together to diagnose and treat an unusual sepsis, a response to infection, that was threatening the pup’s life.