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Lower airway disease is remarkably common in cats, and it poses a clinical challenge whether in its acute or chronic state. In this first part of a 2-article series, the diagnosis of lower airway disease is investigated, from disease overview to presentation to diagnostic modalities.
Treatment goals for cats with LAD are to: Reduce airway inflammation; Reduce airway hyperreactivity and bronchoconstriction, which relieves airflow limitation; Ameliorate airway remodeling; Remove the underlying cause, if known.
Treatment goals for cats with LAD are to: 1. Reduce airway inflammation 2. Reduce airway hyperreactivity and bronchoconstric-tion, which relieves airflow limitation 3. Ameliorate airway remodeling 4. Remove the underlying cause, if known. therAPeUtiC APProACh Current therapies rely on: • Glucocorticoids to reduce airway inflammation
13 kwi 2019 · The small airways (bronchioles with inner diameters <2 mm), located at the transitional zone between larger conducting airways and the pulmonary acinus, have been overlooked as major contributors to clinical syndromes of respiratory disease in cats.
• When lower airway tract disease is suspected, good-quality thoracic radiography is essential. Both lateral views and a ventrodorsal (or dorsoventral) view should be obtained. Radiography can confirm and localize disease and also provide information on severity of changes.
Asthma is an important allergic lower-airway disease in cats affecting approximately 1% to 5% of the pet cat population. New diagnostics are being developed to help better differentiate asthma from other lower-airway diseases and improve monitoring.
7 wrz 2023 · Mucus hypersecretion is a prominent feature of inflammatory airway disease in cats. It can cause airflow limitation by narrowing the luminal diameters of the intrathoracic airways and, in cases where lobar bronchi are occluded, can lead to atelectasis.
