Feline Medicine, Session 6

Feline lower urinary tract disease – a never ending story…

A common presentation in daily praxis. The cat with idiopathic cystitis – or shall we better say „stress induced feline lower urinary tract syndrome“? Aren`t thea all stress-induced? Even those with crystalluria, urolthiasis and secondary bacterial infection? Let`s talk about the different presentations of FLUTD and how to deal with them.
Aims:
– Implement guidelines for a severly sick, hyperkalaemic, obstructed tom cat
– Find out about tips and tricks for catheterization
– Learn how to do a decompressive cystocentesis
– Become familiar with urinary sediment findings (focus: crystalluria)
– Develop guidlines fot the management of stress induced feline lower urinary tract syndrome
Preparation material:
• Reading material: Background information on FLUTD etiopathogenesis
• Reading material: Treating stress induced feline lower urinary tract syndrome + multimodal environmental modification
Live workshop:
One case that is severly hyperkalaemic – why catherization is not necessarily the first thing to do and what needs to be done.
One case that cannot be catheterized – how to proceed if it is getting difficult. Includes a cystocentesis workshop.
One case that has got urolithiasis – what to do. Includes a quiz on crystalluria and on radiographic detection of urolithiasis in more locations than just the urinary bladder
One case that is being presented with recurrent episodes – which measures do we need to focus on if it comes to prevention and stress management? Let`s bring our knowledge together.