Antithrombotics in small animal veterinary practice: Clinical applications

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Clinical applications

aspirin tablesTo illustrate the application of the Consensus on the Rational Use of Antithrombotics in Veterinary Critical Care (CURATIVE) guidelines to the management of dogs and cats at risk of developing thrombosis the working group created a series of clinical cases that could be used to demonstrate how guideline recommendations could be applied.

The case studies provided are

  1. A dog with immune mediated haemolytic anaemia
  2. Aortic thrombosis in a dog with protein losing nephropathy
  3. A dog receiving antithrombotic drugs that now requires surgery
  4. A dog with sepsis
  5. A dog with hyperadrenocorticism and pancreatitis
  6. Initial presentation of a cat with cardiac disease
  7. Subsequent presentation of a cat with cardiac disease and ATE

This paper also includes information on the drug formulations available and indicative costs,as provided by contributors from the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia.

Sharp, C.R. et al. (2019) Clinical application of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) Consensus on the Rational Use of Antithrombotics in Veterinary Critical Care (CURATIVE) guidelines to small animal cases. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 29 (2), pp. 121-131 [This article can be accessed via RCVS Knowledge Library membership, click here]

American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) consensus on the Rational Use of Antithrombotics in Veterinary Critical Care (CURATIVE) guidelines under five headings:

Domain 1 – Defining populations at risk

Domain 2 – Defining rational therapeutic usage

Domain 3 – Defining antithrombotic protocols

Domain 4 – Refining and monitoring antithrombotic therapies

Domain 5 – Discontinuation of anticoagulant therapy in small animals

Clinical applications

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