Pulmonary distress abd fluid therapy

Ashwin Nambiar Hi, i have a question: Presented a case of an adult cat (3.5 kg) with severe respiratory distress accompanied by loud and exaggerated crackling sounds both in the upper as well as lower respiratory tract. Serous nasal discharge also present. All other clinical exam findings are normal. How much of intravenous fluids can be safely given considering there may be pul.oedema? Also is there any particular choice of fluids which should be given?

10 February at 13:58 · Comment · · Flag

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    Swarupmay Majumdar I feel there is no issue in giving fluids in dyspneic dogs as long as dog is not in recumbency. fluid helps keep the respiratory tract moist and helps in cleaning up discharges. The fluid is interstitial in case of pul.edema. u need to use diurectics to clean it out and give any fluid to fill the loss in total volume of fluid in body . So theres no contraind of using fluids in pul. edema. any fluid can be used like DNS,RL, P or M

    10 February at 15:14 · · Report
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    Ashwin Nambiar Thanx

    10 February at 17:49 · · Report
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    Joseph Cyrus why dont u go for colloids like hemaccel with crystalloids very low volumes. Be careful in cats, hydration is difficult to asssess.

    28 February at 07:35 · · Report