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A review of initial stabilization, differential diagnoses, and the approach to management for dogs and cats with respiratory distress.
The nasal turbinates initially humidify and warm air, and filter particulate matter. The lower airways include the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli. The primary function of the respiratory system is to deliver oxygen to the lungs to be exchanged with carbon dioxide.
With diffuse or lobar lung disease, diagnostic procedures include transtracheal wash, bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage or endobronchial biopsy, and transthoracic fine-needle aspiration of the lung or lung biopsy.
19 Δεκ 2019 · Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) do not identify specific diagnoses but instead are used to quantify the severity of respiratory system dysfunction. In some cases, these tests are used to determine the anatomic location of disease in the respiratory tract (eg, upper vs lower airway disease).
8 Οκτ 2013 · This article focuses on the most commonly used tests of pulmonary function in companion animals, including tests of pulmonary mechanics as well as of gas exchange in the lungs.
Dogs may have concurrent pulmonary disease (eg, chronic bronchitis, laryngeal paralysis, bronchomalacia, or pneumonia). Treatment centers around managing the clinical signs with antitussives, antibiotics, corticosteroids with or without bronchodilators, as well as weight loss, exercise restriction, and reduction of excitement and stress.
Pulmonary function testing (PFT) may be used to help provide objective information concerning the respiratory system in dogs and cats. Available techniques for PFT include spirometry, tidal breathing flow-volume loop analysis, barometric whole-body plethysmography, dynamic and static compliance, and ….
