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Endocrine, Metabolic, and Lipid Disorders

  • Title: Endocrine, Metabolic, and Lipid Disorders
  • Description:
    Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods (Fifth Edition), 2012;  Chapter 8, pp 165-207.  Authors:  Richard W. Nelson, Grant H. Turnwald, and Michael D. Willard
  • Category: Internal Medicine

  • Abstract / Overview:

  • FIGURE 8-5. Diagnostic approach to hypoglycemia in dogs and cats. ACTH, Adrenocorticotropic hormone; ALT,alanine aminotransferase; CBC, complete blood count; SAP, serum alkaline phosphatase; US, ultrasound; WBC, white blood cell.

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    Diagnostic evaluation of hypercalcemia in dogs and cats.

    The range of serum calcium and phosphorus concentrations for the more common causes of hypercalcemia and for hyperparathyroidism in dogs. HP, Hyperparathyroidism; 2°, secondary.


    Range of serum calcium (Ca) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations for the more common disorders causing alterations in serum calcium or parathyroid gland function.

    Diagnostic evaluation of hypocalcemia in dogs and cats. 

    Diagnostic approach to persistent or inappropriate hyperglycemia in diabetics treated with insulin. 

    Diagnostic approach to hyperlipidemia in the dog and cat.

     


    Evaluation of cats with suspected hyperthyroidism based on history, clinical signs (i.e., weight loss, polyphagia, polyuria-polydipsia, hyperactivity, cervical mass) or laboratory findings (i.e., increased serum alkaline phosphatase [SAP], increased serum phosphorus).

     


    Interpretation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) stimulation test in dogs. 
     

    Endogenous plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) concentrations from clinically normal dogs, dogs with adrenal-dependent hyperadrenocorticism (adrenocortical carcinomas or adenomas), and dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism.


    Endogenous plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) concentrations in normal dogs, dogs with secondary adrenal failure, and dogs with primary adrenal failure.

    Evaluation of patients with suspected hyperadrenocorticism based on history (polyuria-polydipsia, polyphagia, panting, weakness), physical examination (truncal alopecia, potbelly, calcinosis cutis, hepatomegaly), or laboratory findings (increased serum alkaline phosphatase [SAP], lymphopenia, eosinopenia, hypercholesterolemia, urinary tract infection). ACTH, Adrenocorticotropic hormone; PDH, pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism; UCCR, urine cortisol : creatinine ratio.

    Patterns of plasma cortisol responses during high-dose (0.1 mg/kg) dexamethasone suppression testing in dogs with pituitary-dependent or adrenal-dependent hyperadrenocorticism.