The pathophysiology of dying and death, related to veterinary patients, has warranted less attention than normal and abnormal physiologic processes related to life preservation. In addition, many veterinary patients are euthanized, which prevents observation of natural disease progression, while ameliorating suffering. Acute death in human medicine can serve as a model for understanding mechanisms of death in veterinary patients under certain conditions. The specific cause of cardiac arrest in several different models of disease elucidates end-stage disease processes. Understanding the path to death and dying in veterinary patients physiologically serves to guide best practices focused on alleviating suffering.
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