Polzin D. Conference Proceedings, (2016). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Denver: INTRODUCTION “Renal diets” have been considered to be “standard therapy” for managing cats with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for many years.1 These diets continue to be recommended … Read More
Selting K. Conference Proceedings, (2016). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Denver: INTRODUCTION While some diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radioisotopes have become germane to routine specialty practice, such as technetium-based scintigraphy and radioiodine therapy, a rapidly expanding armamentarium … Read More
Gal A., Trusiano B., French A., et al. Conference Proceedings, (2016). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Denver: Previous studies indicated that serum fructosamine level is decreased in hyperthyroid cats; however, its clinical utility in diabetic hyperthyroid cats was … Read More
Peterson M.E., Castellano C. and Rishniw M. Conference Proceedings, (2016). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Denver: Hyperthyroidism is a catabolic state associated with increased energy expenditure, increased lipolysis, and increased protein turnover. In human hyperthyroid patients, weight loss … Read More
Conference Proceedings, (2016). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Denver: Hyperthyroidism is the most common endocrinopathy of middle-aged and older cats. Although it was not recognised as a clinical entity until the late 1970s it is now very common … Read More
Crossley V.J., Chang Y., Fowkes R.C., et al. Conference Proceedings, (2016). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Denver: Hyperthyroidism commonly affects geriatric cats, but its aetiology is poorly understood. Previous studies have shown Siamese, Himalayan, and Burmese cats to … Read More
Castillo V., Pessina P., Hall P., et al. Open Vet J, 2016. 6(1): p.6-14. The objective of the present study was to compare the effects of isotretinoin 9-cis (RA9-cis) as a post-surgery treatment of thyroid carcinoma to a traditional … Read More
Peterson M.E., Guterl J.N., Rishniw M., et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, 2016. 57(4): p.427-440. Thyroid scintigraphy is commonly used for evaluation of cats with hyperthyroidism, with the thyroid-to-salivary ratio (T/S) being the most common method to quantify the … Read More
Volckaert V., Vandermeulen E., Duchateau L., et al. Res Vet Sci, 2016. 105: p.87-91. The aim of this study was to assess inter- and intraobserver variability of commonly used semi-quantitative and quantitative parameters in feline thyroid scintigraphy: thyroid to … Read More
Bettencourt A., Daniel G.B., Panciera D., et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound, 2016. 57(3): p.290-8. Thyroid-to-salivary ratio and percent dose uptake are the most widely recognized scintigraphic measurements. Recently, the thyroid-to-background ratio has been proposed as an alternate method. However, … Read More