Clinical Pearls

Dec. 8, 2024

Ketamine Pro Tips

From Episode 145 on the Emergency Feed. With Dr Amanda Cavanagh. Ketamine feels like the one drug that is almost always a safe option for sedation, even in risky patients. But ALMOST always doesn’t mean always… In this sedation masterc…

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Dec. 4, 2024

Transient Cardiomyopathy in Cats

From an article I saw in the VetLit Newsletter We treated a cat for suspected snake bite recently, but a few days into its hospital stay it started showing signs of CHF(Congestive Heart Failure), and a scan confirmed HCM(Hypertrophic…

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Dec. 1, 2024

Methadone is Not a Pain 'Killer'

From episode 140 of the Surgery podcast. With Dr. Toby Trimble. This one is less of a pearl and more of a lightbulb moment. In this discussion about local nerve blocks anaesthetist Dr Toby Trimble explained why local blocks are so important:  …

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Nov. 27, 2024

Chloride and Blood Pressure

From episode 139 on the ECC Feed. With Yu Ueda. I’m still geeking out about this fascinating episode on ‘the forgotten ion.’ Here’s a surprising insight: Preliminary findings suggest that hyperchloraemia might not only cont…

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Nov. 24, 2024

Delayed surgery for GDV(Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus)?

From episode 156 on the ECC Feed. With Dr. Simon Cook. If there’s one thing I learned about GDVs back at uni, it’s that you need to stabilise and then get in there to flip things back into place ASAP. But this study q…

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Nov. 21, 2024

Clinical Pearls

Welcome to the Vet Vault Clinical Blog—your go-to resource for practical, evidence-based veterinary knowledge. These clinical pearls are handpicked from our Vet Vault 3-2-1 newsletter, where we share weekly takeaways from creating our acc…

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