title: [Emergency management of intoxications in the dog and cat].
abstract: Intoxications may lead to life-threatening emergencies. While stabilising the patient, therapy should focus on a rapid and effective elimination of the toxin. General measures for decontamination (gastrointestinal, dermal, ocular) aim to effectively decrease the absorption of the poisonous substance. Further classification of the substance and its properties can assist with the choice of specific treatment options, including dialysis and specific antidotal therapy. In recent years, treatment with lipid emulsions for enhanced elimination of lipophilic substances has become an important therapeutic option. In affected patients, it can rapidly improve clinical signs while side effects and complications are rarely encountered with this form of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Esther Hassdenteufel, Klinik für Kleintiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 126, 35392 Gießen, E-Mail: Esther.Hassdenteufel@vetmed.uni-giessen.de.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hassdenteufel
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moritz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Stabilisation; antidotal therapy; decontamination; lipid emulsion; seizures