Course Description

Integrated and comparative study of diseases of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic systems occurring in animals, including coordinated concepts or findings from physical examination, historical information, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, histology, imaging, laboratory values, and pathology.

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Athena Title

Cardio Resp Hem Sys Vet II

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Pre or Corequisite

Enrollment in the second year of the doctor of veterinary medicine curriculum.

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Semester Course Offered

Offered spring

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Grading System

S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

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Student learning Outcomes

• For the most common clinical and clinicopathological problems associated with the cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic systems across veterinary species, students will understand how to use history and physical examination to generate a prioritized problem list with differential diagnoses.
• For the most common clinical and clinicopathological problems associated with the cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic systems across veterinary species, students will understand how to determine appropriate diagnostic tests based on differential diagnoses.
• For the most common clinical and clinicopathological problems associated with the cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic systems across veterinary species, students will understand how to explain and perform diagnostic tests and how to interpret results in order to reach a working diagnosis.
• For the most common clinical and clinicopathological problems associated with the cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic systems across veterinary species, students will understand how to discuss the underlying pathophysiology of common diseases and compare and contrast with anatomy and physiology of a healthy patient.
• For the most common clinical and clinicopathological problems associated with the cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic systems across veterinary species, students will understand how to describe therapeutic, monitoring, management, and will understand preventive approaches to common disease processes including expected outcome and prognosis.

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Topical Outline

• Course introduction
• Review of normal physiology
• Pathophysiology and treatment of shock
• Pathophysiology of heart disease across species
• Diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular disease
• Pathophysiology of respiratory disease across species
• Diagnosis and therapy of respiratory disease
• Pathophysiology of hemolymphatic disease across species
• Diagnosis and therapy of hemolymphatic disease
• Impacts of anesthesia on the cardio, respiratory, and hemolymphatic systems
• Integration of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in health and disease

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Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Brainard, Ben

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Public CV

Select a file to download:   Brainard, Ben

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