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Acute pancreatitis in the dog
Author(s) -
Simpson Kenny,
Lamb Chris
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.17.7.328
Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , intensive care medicine , pancreatitis , pathophysiology , pathology , surgery
PANCREATITIS is a problem familiar to most small animal practitioners, yet the diagnosis can be difficult to confirm, treatment is non‐specific and the prognosis is guarded because there are no criteria for accurately predicting the outcome. Similar difficulties were encountered in humans with pancreatitis until intensive research enabled an improved understanding of the pathophysiology, more accurate methods of diagnosis and predicting severity, and a rational basis for selecting patients needing surgical treatment. This article describes the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of pancreatitis in the dog, highlighting recent advances influencing patient care.