Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Q&A 06

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A six-year-old, female, spayed domestic shorthair cat was presented with a history of occasional coughing. In the last 12 hours the cat has coughed with increased frequency and is now in significant respiratory distress. Physical examination finds the cat open mouth breathing, ‘air hungry’ and aggressive. The cat has a prolonged expiratory phase of breathing. Auscultation finds high pitched wheezes and normal HR, rhythm and sounds. The pulses are strong. This is all you can examine.


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