Feline Hypertension

Veterinary ECC Small Talk

Although feline hypertension may be a rare reason for emergency presentation, it is a condition that most small animal practitioners will have encountered both in routine practice and in critical care patients.

This episode is based on the 2017 ISFM* Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Cats which were recently published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. The episode discusses the following points: [*International Society of Feline Medicine]

• Evidence base behind the Guidelines
• Secondary versus primary hypertension
• Target organ damage
• Monitoring and Underdiagnosis
• Which cats to monitor blood pressure in
• Importance of ensuring blood pressure is measured as accurately as possible with a reproducible technique
• White coat hypertension
• Defining normal blood pressure
• Criteria for therapeutic intervention and appropriate therapeutic targets
• What treatment to use
• Emergency treatment

The episode is based on:

ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Cats. J Fel Med Surg 2017. 19:288–303.

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