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Battery ingestion in dogs and cats: emergency triage, removal and monitoring
Battery ingestion is two different emergencies and the radiograph decides which. A disc/button cell lodged in the oesophagus is an electrolytic burn that begins within minutes — canine experimental data show necrosis reaching the inner muscular layer at 15 minutes, and the trachea by one hour — and demands immediate endoscopic removal. A chewed cylindrical alkaline cell is a caustic-plus-foreign-body problem on a slower clock, where ulceration appears at 1-2 hours but the full extent of injury can take 24 hours. Covers first-two-minute triage, the injury mechanisms that separate the two cell types, what not to do (emesis, activated charcoal, oral acid), the radiographic double-rim and step-off signs, oesophageal versus gastric management, and how long to watch for delayed perforation and stricture.
Read →Salt Toxicosis and Hypernatraemia in Dogs: A Clinical Reference
Salt toxicosis kills through correction, not concentration. Exposure sources, the sodium thresholds that matter, free water deficit, and the maximum safe correction rate for acute versus chronic hypernatraemia in dogs.
Read →Essential Oil Toxicosis in Cats: Susceptibility, Signs, and Treatment
A clinical reference on feline essential oil toxicosis: why deficient hepatic glucuronidation makes cats uniquely susceptible to phenols and terpenes, the higher-risk oils and product forms, route-specific signs, decontamination (why emesis is contraindicated), supportive care, and prognosis.
Read →Lead Toxicosis in Dogs: Diagnosis and Chelation Therapy
An ER/toxicology reference for lead poisoning in dogs (cats noted): sources, the combined GI-neurologic presentation, basophilic stippling and nRBCs, whole-blood lead thresholds, radiography, and the stabilize-remove GI lead-chelate sequence with exact CaEDTA, succimer, and D-penicillamine doses.
Read →Zinc Toxicosis in Dogs: Sources, Hemolysis, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Canine zinc toxicosis causes intravascular hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, and multi-organ injury, usually from a swallowed post-1982 penny or galvanized metal. A clinical reference on zinc sources, the royal-blue-top tube pitfall, source removal, and the chelation debate.
Read →Mushroom Toxicosis in Dogs and Cats: Amatoxin, Syndromic Triage, and Emergency Treatment
A clinician's guide to mushroom toxicosis in dogs and cats, leading with lethal amatoxin (Amanita) hepatotoxicosis and its deceptive biphasic course, then the full syndromic classification, time-of-onset triage, decontamination, and exact drug doses for each mushroom group.
Read →Cane Toad (Bufo) Toxicosis in Dogs and Cats: Emergency Management
Emergency reference for bufonid toad toxicosis in dogs and cats. Bufadienolides inhibit Na+/K+-ATPase like digoxin while biogenic amines drive hypersalivation and hyperadrenergic signs; immediate oral lavage (never emesis), benzodiazepine seizure control, and rhythm-directed cardiac management anchor treatment, and Rhinella marina is the most toxic species.
Read →Ibuprofen and Human-NSAID Toxicosis in Dogs and Cats
Ibuprofen and other human NSAIDs are among the most common OTC poisonings in dogs and cats. This clinical hub gives the verbatim mg/kg dose bands, the toxicokinetics behind repeat-dose charcoal, and an ER management plan: decontamination, 48-72h fluid diuresis, and layered GI protection - with no antidote and cats twice as sensitive as dogs.
Read →Methylxanthine (Chocolate & Caffeine) Toxicosis in Dogs
ER reference for canine methylxanthine (chocolate/caffeine) toxicosis: theobromine/caffeine MOA and kinetics, mg/kg dose thresholds, chocolate-type ranking, decontamination, and symptomatic management of tachyarrhythmia, seizures, and hyperthermia.
Read →Lily Nephrotoxicosis in Cats: AKI Emergency Reference
Any true-lily (Lilium or Hemerocallis) exposure in a cat is a nephrotoxic emergency — pollen and vase water included. Clinician reference on the unidentified toxin, proximal tubular necrosis, the biphasic timeline, early glucosuria, aggressive IV fluid diuresis, and the ~18-hour therapeutic window.
Read →Grape & Raisin Nephrotoxicosis in Dogs: AKI Management
Clinical reference on grape, raisin, and tamarind nephrotoxicosis in dogs: the idiosyncratic (no safe-dose) nature, the 2022 tartaric-acid hypothesis, the biphasic GI-then-AKI timeline, decontamination, fluid diuresis with serial renal-value monitoring, and prognosis by oliguric status.
Read →Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Toxicosis in Dogs & Cats: Antidotal Management
An evidence-based clinical reference for DVMs on acetaminophen (paracetamol) toxicosis in dogs and cats: why cats are exquisitely sensitive, species-split toxic doses, methemoglobinemia vs hepatotoxicity, and the N-acetylcysteine antidote protocol with adjuncts.
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