Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Q&A 04


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This two-year-old, castrated male domestic shorthair cat is presented with a 3-week history of progressive dyspnea, anorexia and occasional coughing. He is markedly more distressed today. HR – 160 bpm; RR – 45 bpm; temperature – 102.4°F (39.1°C). The cat has a dysynchrous, ‘choppy’ breathing pattern. On auscultation there are increased bronchovesicular sounds heard bilaterally in the dorsal lung fields, but the cranial lung fields are dull. His anterior thorax is noncompressible.


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