The acutely dyspnoeic cat: how to rapidly diagnose and manage this common emergency
Thursday, July 2, 2026, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM | Hugh Owen A12 | Lecture | Cardiology, Feline Medicine
Acute dyspnoea is a common presentation in feline practice, but cats being cats, they make it hard to work out what is going on. Join Dave for this lecture on how to rapidly diagnose and treat the common causes of acute feline dyspnoea using a combination of basic clinical examination, focussed imaging and adjunctive diagnostic tests.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the common causes of acute feline dyspnoea.
- Know how to triage these fragile patients.
- Know which tests to run and when.
- Learn to interpret a basic thoracic ultrasound and thoracic radiographs.
- Know which treatments to use and when.
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