🏥 Comprehensive Small Animal Veterinary Fluid Therapy Assistant
Based on Small Animal Fluid Therapy (Edward Cooper) and AAHA (2024) Guidelines
⚡ Shock
💧 Dehydration
🐾 Pediatrics
🧠 TBI
ℹ️ About Us
📋 Patient Information
⚠️ Please enter a valid weight.
💡 Weight under 1 kg — if this is a pediatric patient, please use the Pediatrics tab.
💡 Note: A weight over 8 kg is unusual for a cat; are you sure it's a cat?
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⚙️ Settings
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📊 Results (Based on Isotonic Fluids)
Volume of this Bolus:175 ml
Total Cumulative Volume:175 ml
Rate:8.75 ml/min
Hourly Rate:525 ml/h
Drops/min:131
Drop Interval:458 ms
Volume per 1 min / 30 s:8.75/4.38 ml
💡 For when counting drops isn't possible — titrate using the reservoir graduations.
🌊 Continuous stream — too fast for countable drops
22G
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🎯 Bolus Response Endpoints
Desired Response: Normal HR, Pink MM, CRT < 2s, MAP > 70 mmHg, Decreasing Lactate, Urine Output > 1 ml/kg/h Lack of Response: If more than 3 boluses are needed, consider other causes: active bleeding, sepsis, cardiac dysfunction, hormonal (Addison's), anaphylaxis. Cats: Due to the risk of fluid overload, stop after 2 boluses and evaluate temperature/ear/paw pressure.
📋 Patient Information
⚠️ Please enter a valid weight.
💡 Weight under 1 kg — if this is a pediatric patient, please use the Pediatrics tab.
💡 Note: A weight over 8 kg is unusual for a cat; are you sure it's a cat?
7
Moderate
🔄 Phase 1: Hypovolemic Shock Treatment
(Fill this only if the case had hypovolemic shock and you have initiated treatment)
💧 Phase 2: Deficit Replacement
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Acute or Severe: 4-8h | Moderate: 8-12h | Chronic/Stable: 24h
🟢 Phase 3: Maintenance
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By definition of maintenance fluids, this is always 24 hours.
Allometric (Dog): 132 × BW0.75
📉 Ongoing Abnormal Losses
⚙️ Settings
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📊 Treatment Plan
🌊 Continuous stream — too fast for countable drops
22G
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This animation is for Phase 2: Deficit Replacement.
📋 Clinical Evaluation of Dehydration Percentage
< 5%: Clinically undetectable, based on history only 5-6%: Mild loss of skin elasticity, moist but slightly tacky mucous membranes 6-8%: Obvious skin tent, dry mucous membranes, slightly prolonged CRT (2s) 8-10%: Persistent skin tent, very dry mucous membranes, sunken eyes, CRT > 2s, onset of tachycardia in dogs and bradycardia in cats 10-12%: Signs of shock: weak pulse, cold extremities, altered mentation > 12%: Severe shock, life-threatening
📋 Patient Information
⚠️ Please enter a valid weight.
⚠️ Warning: Fluids must be warmed prior to administration.
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💡 Note: Estimating and correcting dehydration in pediatric patients is much more difficult due to the unreliability of skin turgor, mucous membranes, etc. Crystalloid doses for correcting dehydration may be adjusted to 60-180 ml/kg/day with continuous monitoring and reassessment.
📊 Calculations
🌊 Continuous stream — too fast for countable drops
24G
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📋 Patient Information
⚠️ Please enter a valid weight.
📊 Treatment Plan
🌊 Continuous stream — too fast for countable drops
22G
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🧠 Clinical Management Notes for TBI:
• Head Position: Elevate the patient's head 15-30 degrees above the body (without bending the neck) to facilitate cerebral venous drainage.
• Jugular Vein Precaution: Avoid jugular venipuncture and circumferential neck compression (bandages, leads), as these impair cerebral venous drainage and may critically elevate ICP.
• Oxygen and Ventilation: Maintaining SpO2 > 95% is critical. Hypercapnia causes cerebrovascular dilation and worsens cerebral edema.
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