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Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Q&A 11 (view source)
Revision as of 11:43, 17 August 2011
, 11:43, 17 August 2011Created page with "[[Image:|centre|500px]] <br /> '''This one-year-old cat had three healthy kittens. Following parturition, the owners noticed a large red mass protruding from the vagina.''' <b..."
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'''This one-year-old cat had three healthy kittens. Following parturition, the owners noticed a large red mass protruding from the vagina.'''
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<FlashCard questions="3">
|q1=What is your diagnosis?
|a1=
Prolapsed uterus.
|l1=
|q2=What is your management plan?
|a2=
The cat should be anesthetized and reduction attempted with lubrication, external pressure and flushing sterile saline into the uterine horns.
In this case, external reduction would be unlikely because of the extreme tissue edema and trauma.
Ovariohysterectomy is recommended with amputation of the external segment if there is uterine engorgement and necrosis.
|l2=
|q3=What serious, life-threatening complication may result from this problem, and how can it be managed?
|a3=
Rupture of an ovarian or uterine artery resulting in hemorrhagic shock.
Blood transfusion and pelvic counterpressure may be necessary to stabilize the patient before exploratory laparotomy to locate the bleeder and remove the ovaries and uterus.
|l3=
</FlashCard>
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<br />
'''This one-year-old cat had three healthy kittens. Following parturition, the owners noticed a large red mass protruding from the vagina.'''
<br />
<FlashCard questions="3">
|q1=What is your diagnosis?
|a1=
Prolapsed uterus.
|l1=
|q2=What is your management plan?
|a2=
The cat should be anesthetized and reduction attempted with lubrication, external pressure and flushing sterile saline into the uterine horns.
In this case, external reduction would be unlikely because of the extreme tissue edema and trauma.
Ovariohysterectomy is recommended with amputation of the external segment if there is uterine engorgement and necrosis.
|l2=
|q3=What serious, life-threatening complication may result from this problem, and how can it be managed?
|a3=
Rupture of an ovarian or uterine artery resulting in hemorrhagic shock.
Blood transfusion and pelvic counterpressure may be necessary to stabilize the patient before exploratory laparotomy to locate the bleeder and remove the ovaries and uterus.
|l3=
</FlashCard>
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