Page 188 - Rule Outs in Small Animal Medicine, Problem-oriented Assessment of Problems in Physical Examination and Clinical Pathology, 2nd Edition

Basic laboratory diagnostics Basic laboratory diagnostics
Serum/Blood electrolyte concentrations Blood gases and acid-base balance

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Hypochloraemia Alkalaemia
(increased pH)

Loss via the gastrointestinal Loss via the kidneys
tract â Respiratory alkalosis â Metabolic alkalosis
(decreased paCO 2 ) (increased HCO 3 )
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– Therapy with loop diuretics
– Therapy with thiazide
Vomiting of stomach contents
diuretics

– Foreign body obstructing
the pylorus or beginning of
the small intestines
– Pyloric stenosis
– Obstructive neoplasia

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