Practical approach to the management of acute hemorrhaging diarrhea syndrome

Presented by Stanley L. Marks, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM (Internal Medicine, Oncology), DACVN

Continuing education questionnaire

CE credit: 1

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Questions

1. True or False. Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE) may not be the proper term to use in patients with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome (AHDS) because they do not have concurrent gastric pathology. *
2. AHDS is most commonly recognized in: *
3. AHDS appears to be more documented in: *
4. True or False. AHDS is a diagnosis of exclusion. *
5. True or False. A normal plasma protein with profound hemoconcentration is consistent with dehydration. *
6. Reasons to not dispense metronidazole for every case of acute diarrhea in dogs includes: *
7. What percentage of dogs with canine parvovirus developed chronic enteropathies according to the 2018 PLOS ONE article “Long-term effects of canine parvovirus infection in dogs” by Kilian et al.? *
8. Dr. Stanley Marks recommends judicious administration of antimicrobials, NSAIDs and ____ *
9. True or False. Probiotics have the ability to reduce the time to resolution of acute diarrhea in dogs, which can subsequently reduce the percentage of dogs that are administered metronidazole. *
10. When should antibiotics be administered to dogs with diarrhea? *