Emergency & Critical Care
6th Annual Gulf-Atlantic Veterinary Conference
Tim Hackett, DVM, MS, DACVECC
Professor, Hospital Director
James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Colorado State University
This lecture concentrates on the many faces of Addison’s disease (hypoadrenocorticism) using two canine cases for examples (I discuss both typical or primary and atypical or secondary hypoadrenocorticism); Diabetic ketoacidosis using a case example of a cat with severe diabetes, dehydration and severe electrolyte abnormalities include hypophosphatemia. We discuss intramuscular injection of insulin and continuous intravenous insulin, along with phosphorous supplementation and complications/causes of diabetes in cats.