Cardiac or respiratory? Top tips for emergency diagnostics
20 Nov 2025
CVS Learning Live
Emergency Medicine
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Feline Medicine
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Respiratory
Cats and dogs with respiratory distress pose a practical challenge - how to balance testing to identify the best course of action, with minimising stress and risk of further deterioration. Join us for practical tips on ho to approach dyspnoea using tests accessible to almost all primary care clinics.
- 1. Use observation of respiratory pattern to narrow your list of differential diagnoses
- 2. Weigh-up sedation options based on individual needs and risk of adverse events
- 3. Employ point-of-care ultrasound to triage the dyspnoeic patient and decide on the best first-line treatment
- 4. Consider which further tests to perform after your initial assessment to identify the cause of dyspnoea
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