Effect of prazosin on feline recurrent urethral obstruction.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine if male cats treated with 7 days of prazosin following relief of urethral obstruction (UO) experienced decreased rates of recurrent urethral obstruction (rUO) within 30 days vs those treated with 7 days of placebo.

Methods: All castrated male cats presenting for the first time with UO from May 2014 to August 2017 were eligible for enrollment. Exclusion criteria included the administration of medications or passage of a urinary catheter prior to referral, the presence of heart disease or hypertension requiring medication, prior treatment with glucocorticoids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, prazosin or phenoxybenzamine, or radiographic identification of cystoliths.

Preliminary evaluation of the efficacy of intravenous magnesium sulfate for the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias in 16 dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of IV magnesium sulfate in decreasing the number of ventricular ectopic beats or convert ventricular tachyarrhythmia to sinus rhythm in dogs.

Design: Prospective, observational feasibility study.

Setting: Private referral center.

Autologous blood transfusion in dogs with thoracic or abdominal hemorrhage: 25 cases (2007-2012).

Objective: To describe the use and outcome following autologous blood transfusion (ABT) in dogs.

Design: Retrospective study (January 2007-July 2012).

Setting: Private veterinary referral center.

Acute bronchointerstitial pneumonia in two indoor cats exposed to the H1N1 influenza virus.

Objective: To describe 2 cases of acute bronchointerstitial pneumonia in indoor domestic cats infected by anthroponotic transmission of pandemic 2009 influenza A H1N1 virus from their owners.

Case Series Summary: Two indoor domestic shorthair cats from the same household were evaluated for acute onset of respiratory distress. The owners had been recovering from flu-like illness at the time of presentation.