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Assessing primary care veterinarians' use of and confidence in performing point-of-care ultrasound (2023)
Journal Article
McDonald, C., Barfield, D., & Cole, L. (2023). Assessing primary care veterinarians' use of and confidence in performing point-of-care ultrasound. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.3174

BackgroundPoint-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is gaining popularity in the veterinary field, but there is little information on operator confidence. MethodsA survey was distributed to primary care veterinarians (PCVs) via social media between May and Ju... Read More about Assessing primary care veterinarians' use of and confidence in performing point-of-care ultrasound.

The use of haemodialysis for the treatment of phenobarbitone intoxication 30 hours after ingestion (2022)
Journal Article
Cortellini, S., Greensmith, T., Cole, L., & Trinder, R. (2022). The use of haemodialysis for the treatment of phenobarbitone intoxication 30 hours after ingestion. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.395

An 18-month-old male neutered Cocker Spaniel presented with a comatose mentation to his primary care veterinarian following the presumed ingestion of 216mg/kg of phenobarbitone two hours prior. Following a failure to improve with intravenous fluids,... Read More about The use of haemodialysis for the treatment of phenobarbitone intoxication 30 hours after ingestion.

The efficacy of vapocoolant spray for reducing intravenous catheter pain in emergency patients (2022)
Journal Article
Trinder, R., Humm, K., & Cole, L. (2022). The efficacy of vapocoolant spray for reducing intravenous catheter pain in emergency patients. Journal of Small Animal Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13504

Objective:
This study aimed to determine if dogs and cats presenting as an emergency had improved tolerance of intravenous catheterisation following the application of vapocoolant spray when compared to a saline control.
Method:
A randomised con... Read More about The efficacy of vapocoolant spray for reducing intravenous catheter pain in emergency patients.

Hypertension, retinopathy, and acute kidney injury in dogs: A prospective study (2020)
Journal Article
Cole, L. P., Jepson, R., Dawson, C., & Humm, K. (2020). Hypertension, retinopathy, and acute kidney injury in dogs: A prospective study. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine,

Background

Systemic hypertension (SH) is a potential complication of acute kidney injury (AKI) in dogs.

Objective

To describe the prevalence of SH and hypertensive retinopathy in dogs with AKI, to investigate the relationship between SH and... Read More about Hypertension, retinopathy, and acute kidney injury in dogs: A prospective study.

Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury (2017)
Journal Article
Cole, L., Jepson, R. E., & Humm, K. R. (2017). Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 58(10), 577-581. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12726

Retrospective study of cats presenting to the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, Royal Veterinary College with acute kidney injury between 2007 and 2015. Systolic blood pressure was measured using Doppler sphygmomanometry and systemic hypertension wa... Read More about Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury.