Publications by authors named "Joanna B Finstad"
Objective: To describe the overall clinical course of zinc toxicosis in dogs including source, time to source control, incidence of hemolytic anemia, acute liver injury (ALI), acute kidney injury (AKI), and pancreatitis.
Design: Retrospective case series from 2005 to 2021.
Setting: Six university veterinary teaching hospitals.
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at temperature changes in dogs' intestines when they had a blockage caused by a foreign object.
- They used a special camera called infrared thermography (IRT) to measure the temperature before and after surgery.
- The results showed that while there were some temperature changes during the blockage, they need more research to see if this method can help vet doctors check how well the intestines are working.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate a potential association between the COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home orders and the prevalence of emergency room presentations for urethral obstruction (UO) in feline patients.
Methods: Medical records and hospital census were retrospectively searched to identify the total number of cats and total number of male cats with UO presenting to two academic veterinary medical centers from 22 March to 10 August in the years 2018 (123), 2019 (137) and 2020 (175). Cats were grouped based on the year of presentation and the proportions of UO cases relative to all cats presenting to the emergency rooms during the same time frame.