086 ARDS: Respiratory Crisis in Veterinary Medicine

Internal Medicine For Vet Techs Podcast

Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about:

• ARI/ARDS which means; Acute Respiratory Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. When inflammation starts in the body, sometimes it spreads like wildfire, including to the lungs. Managing these critical cases can be very difficult.

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• Have you seen an ARDS patient? How did it go?
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Resources We Mentioned in the Show

• Boysen, S. World Small Animal Veterinary Association World Congress Proceedings (2014). Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Retrieved from https://www.vin.com/apputil/content/defaultadv1.aspx?id=7054855&pid=12886
• Ettinger, S. J., Feldman, E. C., Cote, Etienne. (2017). Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (8 ed.). pp. 1120-1121. St. Louis: Elsevier.
• Merrill, L. (2012). Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses. Ames: Wiley - Blackwell.
• Silverstein, D., & Hopper, K. (2009). Small Animal Critical Care Medicine. Ch 24. St. Louis: Saunders - Elsevier.

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– Yvonne and Jordan