Prevalence of acute kidney injury and outcome in cats treated as inpatients versus outpatients following lily exposure.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and outcome in cats treated for lily exposure as inpatients (IPs) or outpatients (OPs).

Methods: Medical records of cats with lily exposure were retrospectively evaluated; 112 cats were included. Signalment, type of exposure, time from exposure to presentation, decontamination procedures, treatment group (IPs vs OPs), creatinine and International Renal Interest Society AKI grade at specific time points (initial presentation, 0 to 24 hours, 24 to 48 hours, and 48 hours to 2 weeks), whether an AKI developed at any point, whether AKI grade was static or improved when comparing baseline to last documented AKI grade, and outcome (alive or dead/euthanized) were recorded.

Clinical course and radiographic resolution of pneumonia in dogs treated with a shorter versus longer course of antimicrobials: a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled study.

Objective: To describe clinical and radiographic outcomes in dogs with uncomplicated pneumonia receiving a shorter (2-week) versus longer (4-week) duration of antimicrobial therapy.

Animals: 30 client-owned dogs with radiographic evidence of pneumonia.

Methods: Dogs were randomly assigned to either a 2-week course of antimicrobials followed by a 2-week course of placebo medication (2-week group) or a 4-week course of antimicrobials (4-week group).

Resolution of Canine Acute Bilirubin Encephalopathy and Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia Following Four Plasmapheresis Treatments.

An 8 mo old spayed female mixed-breed dog was presented for pale mucous membranes. The dog was diagnosed with intravascular immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) and was started on medical management including corticosteroids, thromboprophylaxis, a packed red blood cell transfusion, and IV immunoglobulin. The dog developed severe hyperbilirubinemia (total bilirubin 48.

Difficult catheterization and previous urethral obstruction are associated with lower urinary tract tears in cats with urethral obstruction.

Objective: To retrospectively assess the hospital prevalence and risk factors associated with iatrogenic lower urinary tear in cats with urethral obstruction (UO).

Animals: 15 client-owned cats diagnosed with concurrent UO and lower urinary tears and year-matched control population of 45 cats diagnosed with UO.

Methods: University teaching hospital records were reviewed for cats presenting with UO between January 2010 and December 2022.

Increased incidence and shift in the location of gunshot wound injuries in dogs and cats during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To investigate the incidence and patterns of gunshot wound trauma in patients that were presented to an urban level 1 veterinary trauma center before and after the start of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Animals: 24 dogs and 1 cat.

Methods: Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for patients presenting with gunshot wound injuries between March 2018 and February 2020 (prepandemic) and March 2020 and February 2022 (pandemic).