CRITICALLY ILL GERIATRICS: PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS

摘要

Geriatric pets are frequently affected by illness. Co-morbid chronic conditions may be challenging to manage in the face of critical illness. Knowledge of pre-existing diseases as well as the likely insult multiple organ systems associated with a variety of diseases. However, in contrast with neonates, predictable alterations in organ function do not appear at specific times, for example, early onset of mitral valve endocardiosis is common in Cavaliers, but rare in Labrador retrievers. In older pets, chronic renal insufficiency (failure) (CRF), cardiopulmonary disease, neoplasia and osteoarthritis top the list of common co-morbid conditions.