Professor Emerita, Internal Medicine North Carolina State University Moncure, North Carolina, United States
Disclosure(s):
Eleanor Hawkins, DVM, DACVIM: No financial relationships to disclose
Presentation Description / Summary: Aspiration pneumonia is common problem in dogs. This session will discuss advances in the management of dogs with aspiration pneumonia, and issues of treatment times and approaches will be debated. Although less frequently diagnosed in cats, compared with dogs, aspiration pneumonia should remain a differential diagnosis in this species and an overview of reports of feline aspiration pneumonia will also be presented.
Learning Objectives:
List 2 methods for supporting airway clearance.
List 2 risk factors for bacterial infection in dogs with aspiration pneumopathy.
Name the marker of inflammation that may be useful for determining duration of antibiotic therapy in dogs with aspiration pneumonia.
