Thromboembolic disease in dogs and cats is relatively rare compared to the incidence in people. Deep venous thrombosis and subsequent embolic episodes are not uncommon occurrences in people yet are not seen in our small animal patients. The thromboembolic disease that we see in veterinary patients is usually secondary to another disease, which results in a hypercoagulable state.

Author

Louise O’Dwyer

MBA BSc(Hons) VTS(Anaesthesia & ECC) DipAVN(Medical & Surgical) RVN 

Louise gained her Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (Surgical) in 2004, followed by her Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (Medical) in 2007, Veterinary Technician Specialist (Emergency and Critical Care) in 2011 and Veterinary Technician Specialist (Anaesthesia) in 2014, making her a member of both AVECCT and AVTA. She has contributed to over 25 journal articles and book chapters, and lectures regularly on all aspects of anaesthesia, emergency and critical care and infection control. She has worked as Head Nurse for PetMedics in Manchester, the largest emergency clinic in the UK, for the past 13 years, and is now Clinical Director

Louise’s interests include all aspects of emergency care but particularly trauma, as well as anaesthesia, infection control and wound management. Louise is the co-author of Practical Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Nursing as well as Wound Management in Small Animals:

A Practical Guide for Veterinary Nurses and Technicians, the BSAVA Pocketbook for Nurses and the forthcoming A Veterinary Nurse’s Guide to Infection Prevention and Control, due 2015.

Keywords: Clinical, Disease, Thromboembolic

To cite this article: Veterinary Nursing Journal • VOL 30 (04) • April 2015 • pp118-121

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