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Rocky Mountain Veterinary Specialists: Internal Medicine Procedures and Diagnostics
Internal Medicine Procedures and Diagnostics
Veterinarians in general practice commonly treat acute and chronic diseases. But when a condition is particularly complex, or more than one disease is present, or when advanced technology is needed for treatment or diagnosis, that’s when an Internal Medicine specialist is called for. Some of the procedures and diagnostics we treat in Internal Medicine are:
Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Disease including (but not limited to):
- Cancer
- Mast cell tumors
- Lymphoma
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Immune Diseases
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia
- Hematological Diseases
- Renal (Kidney) Diseases/Urinary Diseases
- Chronic renal failure
- Acute renal failure
- Pyelonephritis
- Renal and cystic calculi (kidney stones)
- Bladder infections
- Prostatic disease
- Endocrine (Hormonal) Diseases
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's Disease)
- Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's Disease)
- Thyroid Disease (hypothyroidism/ hyperthyroidism)
- I-131 treatment
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- Liver Diseases
- Inflammatory liver disease
- Fatty liver disease
- Heart Disease
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Valvular heart disease
- Respiratory Disease
- Pneumonia
- Chronic bronchitis
- Collapsing trachea
- Gastrointestinal Disease
- Megaesophagus
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Infectious gastrointestinal disease
- Colitis
- Neurological Disease
- Seizures
- Vestibular disease
- Infectious Disease
- Heartworm disease
- Feline leukemia disease
- FIV
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Dr. Douglas Santen, board certified in veterinary internal medicine, performs a complex diagnostic procedure using a scope. He is assisted by Jean Wilbert, CVT; James Bailey, DVM, DACVA; and Sharon Eckert, DVM.
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Advanced Diagnostic Procedures
- Endoscopic Evaluation
- Bronchoscopy
- Rhinoscopy
- Esophagoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Duodenoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Rhinoscopy
- Urethroscopy
- Non-Surgical Biopsies
- Bone Marrow Aspirations/Biopsies
- In-House Laboratory for many blood tests and cultures
- Blood Pressure Measurement
Specialized Treatments
- Chemotherapy
- Oxygen Therapy
- Telemetry
- Intensive Care Unit
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