Congress 2024- Saturday

Arthrocentesis and IA injections: a user guide

• Understand the indications for arthrocentesis as a diagnostic tool
• Understand the equipment, preparation and planning to effectively and efficiently administer intrarticular injections
• Increased awareness of the tools that can help empower your team to perform arthrocentesis in practice

AStem cells and other IA therapeutic options

• Have an increased knowledge of the current intra-articular therapeutics commonly used in veterinary medicine
• Understand the current knowledge, actions and evidence of different IA therapies in OA patients
• Determine factors that could influence decision making on whether to utilise IA for management of OA

Garbage in, garbage out: Minimising preanalytical errors

• Define preanalytical errors, their frequency and importance
• Recognize the most common preanalytical errors
• Implement practices to minimise preanalytical errors

Age sex and breed matter!

• Understand how reference intervals are generated
• Identify the most common age and sex-related physiological variations in clinical pathology analytes
• Identify the most common breed related physiologic variations in clinical pathology analytes

Seizure or vestibular disorder?

• To appreciate the importance of clearly defining the clinical “problem” to differentiate seizures from movement disorders, vestibular disease and other paroxysms
• To appreciate that ‘thinking pathophysiologically is essential in order to rank your differential list and to define/refine your problem
• To understand common pathophysiology to best target treatment

Seizure or movement disorder?

• To appreciate the importance of clearly defining the problem to differentiate seizures from movement disorders
• To appreciate that ‘thinking pathophysiologically is essential in order to rank your differential list and to define/refine your problem
• To develop a therapeutic approach for paroxysmal dyskinesias

Radiographic interpretation of the mediastinum

• Become familiar with the normal anatomic structures (both visualized and normally not visualized) of the cranial, middle, and caudal mediastinum
• Understand the anatomic connection between the mediastinum, cervical deep fascial planes, retroperitoneal space, and the mediastinum’s relationship to the pleural space
• Recognize normal anatomic breed variation in mediastinal appearance and be able to differentiate from pathology

Case discussion: mediastinal pathology

• Learn tips and tricks for differentiating mediastinal vs. pulmonary masses
• Understand pathophysiology of pneumomediastinum
• Recognize examples of both diffuse (e.g. pneumomediastinum, mediastinal effusion) and focal (e.g. mass) mediastinal pathology, and generate appropriate differentials base on anatomic and pathophysiologic knowledge

A panel discussion on what to do, when and how, when presented with a neurological emergency.

Deep breath: radiographic evaluation of the pulmonary parenchyma

• Know normal pulmonary parenchyma anatomy (lung lobes, airways, pulmonary arteries and veins)
• Understand the interpretation paradigm for lung-associated pathology
• Be able to list, recognize, and differentiate the five main pulmonary patterns

Case discussion: pulmonary pathology

• Define atelectasis and the causes of atelectasis
• Apply the anatomic knowledge and pulmonary parenchyma interpretation paradigm in selected pulmonary disease case examples

Arthritis is a very common cause of chronic pain in cats of all ages, especially older cats, but it remains an under-treated problem. This session identifies barriers to treatment and outlines practical approaches to diagnosis and management, to encourage wider uptake by owners.

Cluster seizure management

• To appreciate the importance of differentiating between seizure types and why this is important in the seizure work-up
• To understand the pharmacology and clinical applications of emergency anticonvulsant drugs used in veterinary practice
• To understand the pharmacology and clinical applications of chronic anticonvulsant therapy and its limitation for acute seizure management

Status epilepticus management in dogs and cats

• To understand when and how to diagnose the cause for status epilepticus
• To understand when emergency anticonvulsant therapy is indicated and the most appropriate drugs to use
• To understand the pharmacology and clinical applications of emergency anticonvulsant drugs used in veterinary practice

Cat behaviour first aid

• Common feline behavioural problems
• First line options to manage feline behaviour problems
• When to refer to a behaviourist, and what to look for in feline behaviourist?

Dog behaviour first aid

• Common canine behaviour problems
• First line options to manage canine behaviour problems
• When to refer to a behaviourist and how do you find a good behaviour professional?