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The 2013 AAHA/AAFP Fluid Therapy Guidelines for Dogs and Cats is the most complete and medically sound compilation of updates, insights, advice and recommendations ever developed for helping to ensure that your patients receive appropriate, individualized fluid therapy.
- 2024 AAHA Fluid Therapy Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
Fluid therapy is a mainstay of veterinary practice, from...
- 2013 AAHA /AAFP Fluid Therapy Guidelines for Dogs and Cats*
Fluid therapy is important for many medical conditions in...
- 2024 AAHA Fluid Therapy Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
7 cze 2024 · Fluid therapy is a mainstay of veterinary practice, from prescribing subcutaneous fluids for the feline kidney disease patient, to supporting the dehydrated parvovirus-positive pup, to treating the Addisonian dog in crisis, to administering fluids during anesthesia.
Knowing why fluids are ordered, the goals and limitations of fluid therapy, and how fluids are chosen is a key competency for veterinary technicians. This article reviews some of the reasons fluid therapy may be ordered for a patient, how to administer and monitor fluid therapy, and the fluid types available in the United States.
1 lip 2024 · These guidelines provide an overview of fluid dynamics within the fluid spaces of the body, describe various types of fluids and their uses, and outline recommendations for fluid administration for resuscitation, rehydration, and maintenance purposes.
Fluid therapy is important for many medical conditions in veterinary patients. The assessment of patient history, chief complaint, physical exam findings, and indicated additional testing will determine the need for uid therapy.
In veterinary patients, many stages and categories of shock will respond to fluid resuscitation alone; medications such as antiarrhythmics and inotropes may be necessary for primary cardiogenic shock, and vasopressor agents may be necessary for distributive shock.
This issue of Frontiers in Veterinary Science provides: (1) A review of the terms used to define or describe fluid therapy (Chow); (2) An update on body fluid compartments and the physiological concepts that guide fluid therapy (Stewart; Woodcock and Michel; Smart and Hughes; Cooper and Silverstein); (3) A discussion of fluid kinetics and its re...
