DVT in cats

Re: DVT in cats

Waterfalls — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:48:05 GMT

Thanks for ur replies.

its really scary, his leg is very swollen and bruised. the blood is entering the leg ok, but having trouble leaving it, so it is still nice and warm.

my fingers and toes are firmly crossed that it doesnt break off and cause more problems...

Re: DVT in cats

louiseRVN — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:32:40 GMT

I have seen it on a couple of occasions, from the use of IV fluids, we once had a dog in over night for fluids over night pre op, yes it was a pyo (very mall one on scan) and fit as a fiddle compared to some that you see, but it just collapsed and died in front of my eyes and am conviced to this day was due to DVT.

Am always scared of this happening and am a firm believer in ensuring a decent size catheters are placed, I get really irked when I see people using yellow catheters as routine! I always flush the catheter with heprinised saline every 6 hours also.

Re: DVT in cats

Saskia Quinn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:32:17 GMT

havent heard of a clot in the vein before but when I have ever come across swollen limbs post fluid therapy, it has usually been because some fluid went peri-vascular if the catheter came out of place.

Normally, you could 'massage' the affected area to help disperse the fluid and I have seen frusemide been given in the extreme cases.