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13 Cards in this Set
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Problems in brachycephalic dogs? |
- Snorting |
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Common issues in Yorkies? |
- Honking |
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Common issues in labradors? |
- Hoarse - Laryngeal paralysis |
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DDx of upper airway obstruction? |
- Stenotic nares - Soft palate hypertrophy - Everted laryngeal saccules - Laryngeal collapse - Tracheal collapse - Tracheal hypoplasia - Tonsillitis - Glosso-epiglottic mucosal displacement |
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Signs of upper airway obstruction? |
- noisy respiration - gagging and coughing - resp distress - collapse - death |
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What additional loads effect obstruction? |
- Heat - Humidity - Exercise - Fever - Resp infection - Lower airway disease - Neuromuscular disease |
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Treat elongated soft palate? |
- Resect at level of Cd pole of tonsils - Suture nasal and oral mucosal together - Cautery & laser |
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Yorkshire terriers - tracheal collapse |
OS |
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Signs of tracheal collapse? |
- Honking noise - Exercise intolerance - Due to failure of mineralisation - Stretching of tracheal ligament |
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Treat tracheal collapse? |
- External rings - Spiral prosthesis - intra/extraluminal - Conservative - bronchodilators |
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Laryngeal paralysis can collapse when excited |
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Treat laryngeal paralysis? |
- Weight loss - Cardio resp. Support (bronchodilators) - Surgery (arytenoid lateralisation) |
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Permanent tracheostomy: - Need stoma change - Profuse discharge - No swimming |
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