In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie talks about gastric
dilatation volvulus, why the condition is an EMERGENCY, the key
clinical signs to recognise and how to treat these cases when
they present.
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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:34 Case
01:55 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
05:49 Clinical Signs
06:37 Diagnosis
08:08 Treatment
12:51 Prevention
13:43 Key Points
14:56 Outro
References
Mazzaferro, E.M. and Monnet, E. (2023) ‘Gastric Dilatation
Volvulus’, Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery. John Wiley &
Sons, Ltd, pp. 53–74. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119693741.ch7.
Williams, J.M. (2016) ‘Gastric dilatation-volvulus’,
Companion Animal, 21(3), pp. 178–185. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2016.21.3.178.
Zacher, L.A. et al. (2010) ‘Association between outcome and
changes in plasma lactate concentration during presurgical
treatment in dogs with gastric dilatation-volvulus: 64 cases
(2002–2008)’, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, 236(8), pp. 892–897. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.236.8.892.
Ullmann, B. et al. (2016) ‘Gastric dilatation volvulus: a
retrospective study of 203 dogs with ventral midline gastropexy’,
Journal of Small Animal Practice, 57(1), pp. 18–22. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12406.
Mackenzie, G. et al. (2010) ‘A Retrospective Study of Factors
Influencing Survival Following Surgery for Gastric
Dilatation-Volvulus Syndrome in 306 Dogs’, Journal of the
American Animal Hospital Association, 46(2), pp. 97–102.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.5326/0460097.
Lhuillery, E. et al. (2022) ‘Outcomes of dogs undergoing
surgery for gastric dilatation volvulus after rapid versus
prolonged medical stabilization’, Veterinary Surgery, 51(5), pp.
843–852. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13763.
Bruchim, Y. and Kelmer, E. (2014) ‘Postoperative Management
of Dogs With Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus’, Topics in
Companion Animal Medicine, 29(3), pp. 81–85. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1053/j.tcam.2014.09.003.
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