This session will:

• Examine mistakes in diagnosis and management of common adrenal, thyroid and pancreatic endocrinopathies in small animal practice.
• Review sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic testing and how this relates to positive and negative predictive values of diagnostic testing.
• Look at how an understanding of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity can lead to better diagnostic accuracy.
• Look at how concurrent disease and medication can alter disease presentation, providing traps for the unwary.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Recognise the common ‘traps’ in diagnosis of common small animal endocrinopathies.
• Understand the implication of diagnostic tests’ sensitivity and specificity.
• Recognise complicating factors that can compromise diagnostic and treatment decisions.