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| + | *<font color="white"> Gastric dilation volvolus. </font> | ||
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| + | What do you think can be felt along the left body wall? | ||
| + | *<font color="white"> The spleen. This organ often distends and is being pressed against the body wall by the enlarged stomach. </font> | ||
Revision as of 21:53, 20 February 2008
Courtesy of C. Antonczyk
Clinical Examination
The vet performs a clinical exam and finds the following:
- Duke is dull and cooperative (even though he is normally aggressive and impossible to examine).
- The heart rate is 200 beats per minute and the mucous membranes appear pale with prolonged capillary refill time.
- Duke's abdomen is visibly distended and there is a firm oblong viscous pressed firmly against the left body wall.
- Duke is making unproductive retching attempts.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
- Gastric dilation volvolus.
What do you think can be felt along the left body wall?
- The spleen. This organ often distends and is being pressed against the body wall by the enlarged stomach.
What would you do next?
- Click here to see what the vet did.