Emergency - Conditions & Procedures

PVSEC Emergency treats these common conditions with the diagnostic, surgical and therapeutic procedures found below.

Common Conditions

• Cardiovascular
• Arrhythmia, Congestive Heart Failure, Feline Aortic Thromboembolism (Saddle Thrombus), Pericardial Effusion, Systemic Hypertension, Syncope (Fainting)
• Coagulopathy/Clotting Disorders (Bruising/Bleeding)
• Hemophilia, Platelet Disorders, Rodenticide Toxicity (Rat Poison: Warfarin, Coumadin), Von Willebrands Disease
• Endocrine/Hormonal
• Adrenal (Hyperadrenocorticism-Cushing's Disease, Hypoadrenocorticism-Addison's Disease), Diabetes Mellitus, Hypercalcemia (Hyperparathyroidism, Lymphoma, Renal Failure, Idiopathic), Hypoglycemia (Insulinoma), Thyroid (Hyperthyroidism)
• Gastrointestinal
• Acute diarrhea and vomiting (Dietary Indescretion, Inflammatory, Pancreatitis), Infections/Parasite, Hepatitis
• Immune-mediated
• Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA/AIHA), Thrombocytopenia (ITP), Evan's Syndrome, Polyarthropathy/Joint Disease
• Infectious
• Tick-Borne (Lyme, Erlichia, Bartonella, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), Viral, (Kennel Cough, Parvoviral Enteritis, Canine Influenza), Toxoplasma, Babesia, Hemobartonella/Analplasma
• Neurological
• Seizures, Intervertebral Disc Disease, Vestibular Disease
• Renal/Urinary
• Stones (Uroliths), Urethral Obstruction, Infection (UTI/Pyelonephritis), Renal (Kidney) Failure-Acute and chronic, Feline Urologic Syndrome (FUS, FLUTD, FIC, Sterile Cystitis)
• Respiratory
• Acute coughing, Nasal Discharge/Nosebleed (Epistaxis), Pneumonia, Tracheal/Bronchial Collapse
• Miscellaneous
• Hypoalbuminemia/Low Albumin, Hyperglobulinemia

Diagnostic Procedures

• Imaging
• Abdominal ultrasound-brief scans for free fluid aspiration and centesis, splenic masses, Cardiac ultrasounds-brief scans for pericardial effusion only
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-Weekdays only
• Endoscopy
• Foreign body retrieval
• Radiography (X-Ray)
• Contrast Radiography, Cystourethrography, Intravenous Urography (IVP), Barium/Upper GI Series
• Blood Pressure Determination
• 3-Lead Electrocardiography/ECG/EKG
• In-house Laboratory
• Acid-Base Status, Blood Gas Analysis, Coagulation Testing/Clotting (Prothromin Time/PT, Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time/APTT, Platelet Evaluation, Buccal Mucosal Bleeding Time), Complete Blood Count/CBC, Cytology, Electrolytes, Serum Chemistry

Surgical Procedures

• Integument
• Laceration repair, Wound Management
• Abdominal
• Enterotomy, Gastrotomy, Incisional Gastropexy, Cystotomy, Splenectomy
  Peritonitis*, Hepatic Surgery*, Urethral Sugery*, Throacic Surgery*
  *Cases which are often referred or transferred to the surgical department for further treatment
• Neurology
• All surgical neurology cases are referred or transferred to the neurology department for further treatment.
• Ophthalmology
• Enucleation, Third Eyelid Flap, Corneal Laceration*, Conjunctival Graft*
  *Cases which are often referred or transferred to the ophthalmic department for further treatment.
• Orthopedic
• All orthopedic cases are referred or transferred to the surgical department for further treatment.

Therapeutic Procedures

• Oxygen Therapy
• Transfusion Therapy
• 24-hour Care