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Ct Imaging Of The Acute Abdomen
W. Mai
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‘Acute abdomen’ is a term frequently used to describe the acute abdominal pain in a subgroup of animals who are severely ill and have abdominal tenderness and rigidity. Acute abdominal pain is a common chief complaint in dogs and cats presenting to emergency and can be related to a myriad of diagnoses. Obtaining a careful medical history and performing a physical examination are the initial diagnostic steps for these patients. On the basis of the results of this clinical evaluation and laboratory investigations, the clinician will consider imaging examinations to help establish the correct diagnosis. Although in people the use of CT in the evaluation of acute abdominal pain has increased to a large extent, it is not as commonly used in that indication in veterinary medicine, where radiography and ultrasound are usually the first imaging tests performed.
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Survey radiography and routine abdominal ultrasound are the conventional imaging techniques used in dogs and cats with acute abdominal signs but have multiple limitations. With the exception of the identification of spontaneous ...
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