Sentences with word «hyperadrenocorticism»

Peterson ME, Kintzer PP: Medical treatment of pituitary - dependent hyperadrenocorticism in dogs.

Peterson ME: Diagnosis and treatment of hyperadrenocorticism in dogs.

Peterson ME: Treatment of hyperadrenocorticism in dogs: Medical management, surgery, and radiotherapy.

Peterson ME: Diagnostic Testing for Canine Hyperadrenocorticism — Confusion or Clarity?

Often there are laboratory changes in the blood tests consistent with hyperadrenocorticism such as an increase in liver tests such as the alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase (used to be the SGPT) and cholesterol.

Other less common causes of hypertension are Cushing's Disease (also called Hyperadrenocorticism) which indicates a problem with the adrenal glands, diabetes mellitus, and a tumor in the adrenal glands (pheochromocytoma).

Kaplan AJ, Peterson ME, Kemmpainen RJ: Effects of nonadrenal disease on the results of diagnostic tests for hyperadrenocorticism in dogs.

Such is the case with Cushing's disease, also known as hyperadrenocorticism, the production of excess hormones from the adrenal glands.

Peterson ME, Winkler B, Kintzer PP, Altszuler N: Effect of spontaneous hyperadrenocorticism on endogenous production and utilization of glucose in the dog.

PRECAUTIONS: Use of topical otic corticosteroids has been associated with adrenocortical suppression and iatrogenic hyperadrenocorticism in dogs (see ANIMAL SAFETY on label).

The most common clinical signs of feline hyperadrenocorticism are polydipsia (increased drinking), polyuria (increased urination), and polyphagia (increased eating).

In cases of pituitary tumors causing hyperadrenocorticism that are medically managed, the treatment needs monitoring and life expectancy is variable from days to ten years but averaging less than three years.

Peterson ME, Ferguson DC, Kintzer PP, Drucker WD: Effects of spontaneous hyperadrenocorticism on serum thyroid hormone concentrations in the dog.

• Adrenal - based hyperadrenocorticism: This condition develops when an adrenal tumor causes an overproduction of glucocorticoids.

• Pituitary - dependent hyperadrenocorticism occurs as a result of the overproduction of ACTH by the pituitary gland.

Grant 01602 (2012) Longitudinal Study Investigating the Progression and Pathogenesis of Atypical Hyperadrenocorticism in Scottish Terriers Kurt Zimmerman; Virginia - Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Project Dates: 1/1/2012 to 12/31/2013 Sponsorship Payment: $ 10,000

Adult - onset demodicosis is associated with systemic diseases (e.g. hyperadrenocorticism, hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, neoplasia) or with immunosuppressive therapies.

In contrast, age of cancer diagnosis was statistically later for neutered females for all cancers except hyperadrenocorticism.

Overactive Adrenal glands (Cushing's disease = hyperadrenocorticism) or corticosteroid medications often cause low specific gravity urine in dogs.

Dogs with hyperadrenocorticism need to be treated appropriately for that first.

This is not a «true» case of hyperadrenocorticism since the adrenal gland isn't producing excessive cortisone.

Some of the hormonal diseases can cause increases in respiratory rates, most notably hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's disease) and hypothyroidism, although we don't see increases in respiratory rates very commonly with hypothyroidism.

Diseases that produce marked insulin resistance include acromegaly (growth hormone excess), and more moderate insulin resistance results from hyperadrenocorticism and hyperthyroidism.

Some of these dogs will have abnormal ACTH stimulation or low - dose dexamethasone suppression tests confirming hyperadrenocorticism.

Current Treatment Options of Canine Hyperadrenocorticism Sylvie Daminet, DVM, PhD, Dip ACVIM, Dip ECVIM - CA Prof. Internal Medicine Dept. Small Animal Medicine Ghent University Salisburylaan 133 B - 9820 Merelbeke Belgium

Another endocrine disease known as Cushing's or Hyperadrenocorticism often leads to symmetrical truncal alopecia.

Feline Hyperadrenocorticism Reto Neiger, Prof. Dr.med.vet., PhD, DACVIM, DECVIM - CA Small Animal Clinic, Justus - Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Kaplan AJ, Peterson ME, Kemppainen RJ: Effects of disease on the results of diagnostic tests for use in detecting hyperadrenocorticism in dogs.

Kerl ME, Peterson ME, Wallace MS, Melián C, Kemppainen RJ: Evaluation of a low - dose adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test in clinically normal dogs and dogs with naturally developing hyperadrenocorticism.

Rosenthal KL, Peterson ME, Quesenberry KE, Hillyer EV, Moroff SD, N. Beeber N, Lothrop CD: Hyperadrenocorticism associated with adrenocortical tumor or nodular hyperplasia of the adrenal gland in ferrets: 50 cases (1987 - 1991).

Other hormone problems include Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushings), Diabetes Mellitus (sugar diabetes), and insulonima (causing low blood sugar).

Treatment is never begun on a pet until hyperadrenocorticism has been confirmed, as the treatment would be harmful to a non-Cushinoid animal.

Most dogs suffer from pituitary - dependant hyperadrenocorticism, which is when a tumor has grown on the pituitary gland, causing this gland to product excessive amounts of a hormone known as adrencorticotropic (ACTH) hormone which travels through the blood to the adrenal glands.

See GENETICS: Inherited Endocrine System for the following disorders: Canine Diabetes Mellitus Hyperadrenocorticism & Hypoadrenocorticism Pituitary Dwarfism

The liver of an animal with hyperadrenocorticism gets overtaxed from trying to process the excess cortisol in circulation throughout the body.

Peterson ME: Diagnostic testing for hyperadrenocorticism Proceedings of the 19th World Congress (World Small Animal Veterinary Medical Association), pp 283 - 288, 1994

There are two forms: One is pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism (PDH) and accounts for 85 percent of Cushing's patients.

Also called hyperadrenocorticism, there are two main forms of this disease:

This lecture will discuss the medical treatment for spontaneous canine hyperadrenocorticism.

Long term use of topical otic corticosteroids has been associated with adrenocortical suppression and iatrogenic hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's disease).

Wolfsheimer KJ, Peterson ME: Erythrocyte insulin receptors in dogs with spontaneous hyperadrenocorticism.

Scavelli TD, Peterson ME, Matthiesen DT: Results of adrenalectomy for hyperadrenocorticism caused by adrenocortical neoplasia in 26 dogs.

One cause your veterinarian may test for is Cushing's disease (CD), also known as hyperadrenocorticism.

Peterson ME: Feline hyperadrenocorticism, In: Torrance A.G., s CT (eds), Manual of Canine and Feline Endocrinology (Second Ed), British Small Animal Veterinary Association, pp. 215 - 218, 1998

And as if typical versus atypical hyperadrenocorticism wasn't confusing enough, the traditional or typical form of the disorder, which involves overproduction of cortisol, also has two types:

Peterson ME, Gilbertson SR, Drucker WD: Plasma cortisol responses to exogenous ACTH in 22 dogs with hyperadrenocorticism caused by adrenocortical neoplasia.

Peterson ME: Medical treatment of pituitary - dependent hyperadrenocorticism in dogs: Should L - deprenyl (Anipryl) ever be used?

Peterson ME: Diagnosis of hyperadrenocorticism in dogs.