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Managing pleural effusion: Essentials for the general practitioner

  • VET WEBINAR
  • Managing pleural effusion: Essentials for the general practitioner
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The two most common causes of pleural effusion in cats are….
Neoplasia and heart failure
Heart failure and FIP
FIP and chylothorax
Neoplasia and pyothorax
Chylothorax and pyothorax
 
The respiratory pattern most commonly seen in patients with pleural effusion cases present most often with
Superficial shallow pattern
Paradoxical abdominal pattern
Inspiratory pattern
Expiratory pattern
Mixed pattern
 
The initial stabilization of patients with pleural effusion should involve….
Radiographs
Anxiolytics
Antibiotics
Furosemide
Fluid cytology
 
The quantity of pleural effusion required to cause significant respiratory distress, in an otherwise healthy patient, is…
5 ml/kg
15 ml/kg
30 ml/kg
60 ml/kg
100 ml/kg
 
What is the recommended negative pressure to avoid exceeding when performing thoracocentesis?
2 ml
4 ml
6 ml
8 ml
10 ml
 
When chest tubes are needed for pleural evacuation, the current trend is to…
Use the largest bore chest tube possible
Place bilateral chest tubes
Use general anaesthesia
Place a small-bore chest tube
Use the trocar technique
 
The treatment priority for most cases presenting with hemothorax should focus on…
Pleural fluid evacuation
Administration of anticoagulants
Chest tube placement
Pleurodesis to stop hemorrhage
Hemodynamic stabilization
 
Pleural evacuation is not always recommended if the cause of pleural effusion is known and the patient does not have significant respiratory distress. An exception to this, where evacuation of pleural effusion is always recommended would be…
Hemothorax
Chylothorax
Congestive heart failure
Pyothorax
Hydrothorax
 
An advantage of small bore chest tubes over large bore chest tubes is the fact small bore chest tubes…
Can often be placed with only sedation
Allow faster pleural space evacuation
Are less likely to occlude
Do not cause emphysema
Can be left in place longer
 
The success rate of managing pyothorax in dogs and cats using intermittent thoracocentesis compared to placement of a chest tube is…
There is no difference
25-40% vs 70-85%
50-80% vs 95%
50-60% vs 100%
< 30 % vs > 70%