A Case of Acute Feline Pancreatitis
dc.contributor.author | Flanders, Adrian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-07T14:59:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-07T14:59:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09-15 | |
dc.description.abstract | An 11 year spayed domestic shorthair cat was presented to the Emergency Service at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals with a four day history of lethargy, inappetance, fever, and a recently elevated total bilirubin and alanine aminotransferase (ALT). The patient was tachypneic, mildly jaundiced and had significant abdominal pain with a palpable mass in her cranial abdomen. Point-of-care blood work revealed an anemia with icteric serum and a low ionized calcium. A presumptive diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was made, based primarily on abdominal ultrasonographic findings. Supportive treatment was initiated including analgesia, anti-emetics, IV fluids, enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube, vitamin supplementation, and broad spectrum antibiotics. The patient's condition improved significantly over her three-day hospitalization, and she was eventually discharged to the care of her owner. This paper will discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment strategies of acute pancreatitis in the feline patient. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/66320 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | acute, pancreatitis, feline, pathophysiology, treatment, diagnosis | en_US |
dc.title | A Case of Acute Feline Pancreatitis | en_US |
dc.type | case study | en_US |
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