Based on your pet's history, lifestyle and the
doctors physical exam findings, we will make a preventive health care recommendation tailored for your cat.
Diagnosis: The identification of DCM is initially based
on physical exam findings and recognition of characteristic features (dilated, poorly contracting heart) on an echocardiogram.
These exams enable us to create an overall picture of your pet's health status, combining aspects of your pet's at home routine and history
with physical exam findings to create straightforward recommendations for your pet's continued wellbeing.
This evidence - based checklist includes seven objective measures -
including physical exam findings, functional testing (hop and agility testing, movement assessment for jumping and landing mechanics), and a functional outcome score.
Physical exam findings note such things as heart rate and the quality of the heart sounds, respiration rate, the feel of the pulses, lymph nodes, abdomen, and even checking the color of the gums.
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An early morning check in to the hospital to review the procedure to be performed, to ensure that your pet has not eaten any food, and to update any changes
in physical exam findings.
Following your pet's appointment with our internist, your veterinarian will receive a letter
outlining physical exam findings, lab work results, other diagnostic findings and recommendations for your pet.
The new bleeding score system is important to standardize grading of each dog's clinical status and
relate physical exam findings to laboratory test results.
Feline Diabetes Mellitus is diagnosed based on the clinical signs, laboratory tests revealing persistently high blood and urine glucose levels, and
other physical exam findings.
The decision as to what tests will be run will be made by your veterinarian based on his or
her physical exam findings.
Based on
the physical exam findings the veterinarian will develop a treatment plan for your pet that will explain what is recommended and the additional costs associated.
Based on the history and
physical exam findings, a plan will be developed to further diagnose and treat your pet's condition.
PLEASE NOTE: Depending on your pet's individual health status and
physical exam findings, our veterinarians may make additional testing or treatments recommendations prior to admitting your pet to our boarding facilities.
The series of images obtained from an echo can be used to interpret
a physical exam finding of a heart murmur or rhythm disturbance, stage cardiac disease, or uncover a congenital defect of the heart.
A: Based on
the physical exam findings and your description of your dog's behavior at home, your vet will likely already be suspecting hypothyroidism (and so will you after reading this article!).
Based on
the physical exam findings, we may recommend diagnostic testing to assess your pet's kidneys, liver, pancreas and endocrine system, including thyroid and endocrine glands.
In addition to history and
physical exam findings, diagnosis is made by biopsy (affected skin and muscle), electromyography (EMG), and ruling out other conditions.
After obtaining a history and throughougly examing your pet, your veterinarian may suggest blood and urine tests depending on your pet's age, health and
physical exam findings.
If
the physical exam findings are consistent with an infection then we might put this cat on antibiotics before initiating any other treatment at the moment.
This is why your primary care veterinarian and / or veterinary specialist will weigh all your pet's
physical exam findings and history in deciding when and which additional tests are necessary.
As is the case with most tests that are performed, it is necessary to look at the results in context of the symptoms that are expressed and
the physical exam findings of the whole animal.
The physical exam findings indicated a lesion inside the head, such as a tumor.
Other blood tests are available that test for exposure to heartworms, and veterinarians generally use a combination of blood work, chest x-rays and ultrasounds,
physical exam findings to determine whether or not a cat has heartworm disease.
Based on
the physical exam findings, your veterinarian may recommend radiographs (x-rays) for your dog to confirm or deny any suspicions of dog arthritis.
Your veterinary team will assemble information from your observations at home,
physical exam findings, laboratory results and other testing performed to put together a plan to help your pet make the most of their senior years.