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| | + | Duke was taken to surgery. |
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| − | Passage of a stomach tube was attempted, but could not be accomplished.
| + | What would you do next? |
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| − | Does succesful passage of a stomach tube rule out a GDV?
| + | *Click [[Clinical Case 9 - Page 5|here]] to see what the vet did. |
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| − | A radiograph confirms distention of the stomach. This radiograph was taken conscious and therefore is a dorsoventral view rather than the preferred lateral. Note that this dog was so big the entire abdomen did not entirely fit onto the largest plate which was used here.
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| − | The caudal part of the thorax and the apex of the heart can be seen towards the top of the image. Part of the greatly distended stomach can be seen in the lower left quadrant of the radiograph.
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| − | [[Image:Clinical Case 9 01.jpg|thumb|center|500px|(Courtesy of C. Antonczyk)]]
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| − | *Click [[Clinical Case 9 - Page 4b|here]] to see a lateral radiograph of a dog with GDV.
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| − | What would you do next?
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| − | *Click [[Clinical Case 9 - Page 5|here]] to see what the vet did.
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