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New studies, decoded: the journal, the sample size, the limitation, and what actually changes for your next appointment.
The heroin-packet case: eight packets, two naloxone doses, one surgery
Naloxone reversed the signs. The dog went home. Two days later, the signs came back. Imaging showed why.
3 min read · Aug 11
The anesthesia choice that didn't move the endothelial needle
A randomized trial measured endothelial biomarkers in dogs anesthetized with sevoflurane versus isoflurane and found no difference.
3 min read · Aug 11
The PU complication rate every practice should benchmark against
140 cats, four teaching hospitals, and the finding that changes how you counsel owners before the surgery.
3 min read · Aug 11
The IV bolus before pericardiocentesis showed no benefit in this trial
A randomized trial tested whether the crystalloid bolus before the tap actually helps. The answer changes how you run the next tamponade case.
4 min read · Aug 11
Five vet students just won $10K each to enter poultry medicine
The AAAP-Merck partnership just announced its eleventh cohort. That longevity is the story.
2 min read · Aug 6
The prep-room bottleneck costing you billable time between cases
Inefficient room flow bleeds time you can't bill for. A dual-boarded surgeon's checklist of the layout variables that actually move the needle.
6 min read · Aug 4
Your practice burns 400-600 hours a year on prescription admin alone
A typical practice may spend the equivalent of a quarter FTE on prescription admin. Here's what digital workflow actually reclaims.
5 min read · Aug 3
Fourteen Cats Got Dog Plasma. Here's the Number Emergency Vets Need.
Five of fourteen survived to discharge. Small sample, but it's the only published count emergency vets have for xenotransfusion.
4 min read · Jul 30
Eleven High Schoolers Just Spent Five Weeks in Vet Research Labs. One Learned She Could Skip Surgery.
A weak stomach nearly ended one participant's veterinary dream. Then she found the lab work. What NC State's pilot tells us about the pipeline.
4 min read · Jul 29
What 498 Dogs With Bloat Can (and Can't) Tell You About the Next One
Three real JVECC retrospective papers reveal how a survival rate, a case series, and an untreated cohort can each mislead a reader who stops at the abstract.
4 min read · Jul 28
The One Number to Check Before You Quote a JAVMA Study to a Client
The n in a paper's abstract and the n behind the specific number you're about to say out loud are often two different numbers, and the gap between them is where bad client conversations start.
4 min read · Jul 28