72 HCM in cats

04/20/18 • 30 min

Today Brian and I finally manage to lure Associate Professor David Connolly into the studio (we had to bribe with cake). David is a RVC stalwart, and a member of the Cardiology team. We cover approach to diagnosis and treatment with a bit of jumping around here and there. Don't forget your stethoscope, and your ultrasound. And maybe your ECG. We hope that you enjoy.

Some articles of interest (there are quite a few):

Risk factors for cats with HCM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26776589

Cardiac troponin I in cats with HCM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25319115

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12878148

Prognostic indicators in cats with HCM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24134821

N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29262821

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26813037

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24283418

On transient myocardial thickening in cats.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29243322

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Some articles of interest (there are quite a few):

Risk factors for cats with HCM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26776589

Cardiac troponin I in cats with HCM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25319115

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12878148

Prognostic indicators in cats with HCM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24134821

N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29262821

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26813037

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24283418

On transient myocardial thickening in cats.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29243322

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71 Otitis externa in dogs

Today Brian makes sure that the sound is okay as we are back in the studio talking to Anke Hendricks, senior lecturer and one of our dermatology team here at the RVC. We cover Anke’s approach to ears for the first line therapy and when to step it up. You need to start using your microscope more, if you don't already. We hope that you enjoy.

Some of the literature, there was a whole In Practice focus on otitis in 2016 (http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/38/Suppl_2) some pointers for all.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29374119

http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/38/Suppl_2/1

http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/38/Suppl_2/2

http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/38/Suppl_2/17

http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/18/1/9

http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/34/7/392

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73 Clean your hands

Today Brian and I are joined in the studio by both Zoe Halfacree and Rosanne Jepson, both senior lectures in their respective fields of soft tissue surgery and internal medicine here at the RVC. They are also both on the infection control committee here in our small animal teaching hospital (Queen Mother Hospital for Animals) and next week it is the World Health Organisation (WHO) SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands, on 5^th May 2018. A campaign to promote hand hygiene in health care to prevent sepsis, as the slogan says ‘It’s in your hands’.

We discuss the importance in handwashing, how you can implement and audit this in practice.

5 moments for hand hygiene: