Monday, March 29, 2010

cat in dehydration

Ashwin Nambiar Hi, i have a question: Presented a case of an adult cat (3.5 kg) with severe respiratory distress accompanied by loud and exaggerated crackling sounds both in the upper as well as lower respiratory tract. Serous nasal discharge also present. All other clinical exam findings are normal. How much of intravenous fluids c...an be safely given considering there may be pul.oedema? Also is there any particular choice of fluids which should be given?

See more10 February at 16:28 · · · Report
Swarupmay Majumdar
Swarupmay Majumdar
I feel there is no issue in giving fluids in dyspneic dogs as long as dog is not in recumbency. fluid helps keep the respiratory tract moist and helps in cleaning up discharges. The fluid is interstitial in case of pul.edema. u need to use diurectics to clean it out and give any fluid to fill the loss in total volume of fluid in body . So theres no contraind of using fluids in pul. edema. any fluid can be used like DNS,RL, P or M
10 February at 17:44 ·
Ashwin Nambiar
10 February at 20:19 · Report
Joseph Cyrus
Joseph Cyrus
why dont u go for colloids like hemaccel with crystalloids very low volumes. Be careful in cats, hydration is difficult to asssess.
28 February at 10:05 · Report

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