Emergência e cuidados intensivos no tromboembolismo felino: relato de caso

Abstract

The Required Supervised Internship was held between September 1st and November 18th of 2021 at the Animalis Surgery and Veterinary Clinic in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). During the internship, 89 patients were assisted, including dogs and cats. These underwent therapeutic approaches related to their clinical and/or post-surgical conditions, enabling an integration between the theory seen at the university and the practice of the intensive care routine. One of these clinical cases was chosen owing to the complexity of diagnosis and the treatment and care procedures during the patient hospitalization. The feline thromboembolism is an important coagulopathy in Veterinary Medicine as it is one of the main causes of acute limb paralysis and sudden death. Feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHCM) is one of the most common causes of emboli in the blood vessels of this species, which can be addressed via clinical protocol or, yet not so recommended by literature, through a surgical procedure. The present work aims to report the case of a brazilian shorthaired cat, eleven years old, castrated, weighing 3.9 kg, who was admitted to Animalis with left pelvic limb paralysis and impaired pulsation in the left femoral artery. The patient underwent emergency treatment, restoring the motor function of the limb after five days under therapeutic care in intensive care unitl.