Exam Solution Solution Manual for Acute Gastroenteritis Already Passed

Exam Solution Solution Manual for Acute Gastroenteritis Already Passed most acute vomiting and diarrhea - Answers are self-limiting most chronic vomiting and diarrhea - Answers requires a specific diagnosis before treatment, although supportive care is important categories of acute V&D - Answers nonfatal/self-limiting secondary to extra-intestinal/systemic disease severe potentially life threatening- enteric infection, HGE, intestinal obstruction non-fatal/self-limiting V&D - Answers parasitism dietary indiscretion severe, potentially life-threatening V&D- enteric disease - Answers parvovirus bacterial HGE surgical disease surgical disease - Answers intussesception volvulus incarceration stricture/partial obstruction FB vomiting is likely the most important part of supportive care - Answers treatment/prevention of dehydration daily fluid volume entering the gut of a 20kg dog - Answers diet- 600ml saliva-300ml gastric-600ml bile-300ml pancreatic-300ml SI-300ml total-2700ml per day daily fluid volume absorbed by gut of 20kg dog - Answers jejunum-1350ml ileum-1000ml colon-315ml total-2665ml fecal water-35ml decision making for V&D - Answers is it self limiting or life threatening things to consider for decision making - Answers moderate to severe dehydration abdominal pain depression blood in F+ palpation of mass/dilated bowel loop frequent vomiting signs of systemic illness- pyrexia, LN, oronasal discharge questions to answer for decision making - Answers it intensive emergency treatment needed- fluid/electrolyte, acid/base is there an underlying non-enteric cause is surgical management needed is hospitalization needed is an infectious cause likely is non-specific treatment sufficient V&D - Answers frequently occur together or sequentially vomiting +/- abdominal pain -> profuse diarrhea -> mucoid diarrhea + tenesmus acute gastritis - Answers acute onset of frequent vomiting often associated with acute diarrhea very common but often self-limiting causes of acute gastritis - Answers many, not all inflammatory dietary indiscretions, garbage intoxication foreign material hairballs in cats certain drugs acute systemic disease acute enteritis - Answers acute onset of profuse diarrhea often associated with acute vomiting causes of acute enteritis - Answers etiology often obscure usually self-limiting dietary indiscretions, garbage intoxication enteric infection acute colitis - Answers acute, frequent small volume diarrhea excessive straining= tenesmus mucoid feces +/- fresh blood= hematochezia fairly common in dog, rare in cat causes of acute colitis - Answers garbage ingestion whipworms/protozoa diagnosis - Answers history physical exam minimum data base imaging response to symptomatic treatment