Feline Medicine, Session 5

Feline endocrinology secrets unravelled – Part 2: D. mellitus, acromegaly, Cushing`s syndrome

Diagnosing diabetes mellitus is not causing a problem in most cases. It usually gets difficult if the treatment response is not exactly what we would have wished it to be. We will look into monitoring of diabetic patients and possible reasons for insufficient treatment response. The focus will be on potentially underlying endocrinopathies such as acromegaly and Cushing`s syndrome. However, new treatment options such as the SGLT-2 inhibitors will be discussed as well.
Preparation material:
• Short introduction on how to read glucose curves
• Short introduction on SGLT-2 inhibitors
Live workshop:
Several short cases are presented in a quizze format asking you to provide answers using the knowledge you gained about glucose curves and SGLT-2 inhibitors. As soon as we have solved the most important issues around these two topics a case with acromegaly and another one with Cushing`s syndrome need to be worked up more extensively by you and you need to decide on how to treat them.