School of Veterinary Medicine and Science

When the Belly Rebels; how to approach patients with vomiting and diarrhoea

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Dates

Wednesday, 11th September, 2024

Duration 8 hours
Speakers Rob Foale
Location School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
Cost

£355

10% discount for online booking

20% discount for alumni

Core Surgical Skills
 

 

 

Overview

Although many patients present with transient gastrointestinal upset that are easily treated, the patients with either recurrent intermittent signs, or persistent chronic signs can be very challenging for both attending clinician and owner.  This course will therefore use case examples and a problem-orientated medicine approach to address:

  • How to approach patients with both acute and chronic gastrointestinal clinical signs
  • The construction of a differential diagnosis list for these signs and how to use this to construct a logical diagnostic plan and (hopefully) reach an accurate diagnosis
  • Updates on the treatments for chronic enteropathy/IBD and pancreatitis in both cats and dogs
  • A review of gastrointestinal neoplasia, how to diagnose it and what to do about it
  • A review of where we are with raw diets; what is the evidence for and against them?

Learning objectives

  • Understanding the importance of, and improving the delegates ability in, the identification of oesophageal, gastric, intestinal or extra-intestinal origins for the clinical signs in question
  • Improving delegates ability to create accurate differential diagnosis lists and then using problem-orientated medicine to narrow these down to reach a diagnosis
 

 

Veterinary CPD Education Centre

School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington Campus
Leicestershire, LE12 5RD

0115 951 6647

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