Cat indwelling catheters

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

patrick murphy — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:23:24 GMT

unlike dinovet to provide a scientific contribution but at recent IVS Seminar they quoted Hetrick et al ( JAVMA 013) prazosin and buprenorphine , smaller catheters (3.5 Fr), no relationship with duration of catheterisation .

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

mariette asselbergs — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:53:38 GMT

Yes! I have been using them for over a year now and when successful they are absolutely great and give the cat so much relieve. Also great for pelvic fractures! I use 0.2 ml lidocaine with 0.05 ml xylazine (or morphine or medetomidine) for longer action. I have once repeated it in a cat with bladder atony after a pelvic fracture for 5 days in a row, after which he became a bit sore but the bladder started working again.

Mariette

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

Suzanne Kelly — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:15:25 GMT

http://vetgirlontherun.com/veterinary-continuing-education-coccygeal-epidurals-feline-urethral-obstruction-vetgirl-blog/

The above is a link to how to perform epidurals on blocked cats. The cat can be unblocked with just sedation and as there's no urethral spasm, unblocking them is easy. It's made my life a lot easier.

Suzanne

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

Jill Butterworth — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 20:30:59 GMT

I've given up leaving them in for a few days like we used to, the benefits don't seem to outweigh the risks and most don't seem to need it. There is always the odd one that blocks again...The silicone catheters are brilliant and counter intuitive, they seem too soft to go in, but they do. I've used a lacrymal cannula to clear tricky cases on occasion, but obviously not to leave in. I also use some local anaesthetic (no adrenaline) and have even instilled a little if really sore.

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Adrienne McPartland — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:29:04 GMT

We've been using acp + buprenorphine + maropitant recently which has been working very nicely on urethral spasm cases.

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Lucy Fleming — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:41:55 GMT

Just as a slight tangent, what are people's anti-spasmodics of choice currently?

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Martin Atkinson — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:13:10 GMT

I would nearly always remove the catheter first time and give it chance then if I had to re-catheterise repeatedly I would have no problem leaving them in for up to 5 days but I would be inclined to use an atraumatic catheter which softens once in situe like Vygon KatKath or Mila Tomcat.

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

janine redman — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:05:39 GMT

You have to weigh the pros and cons. Tried just short term but then in many cases you end up with repeat ga to catheterise and more trauma to the urethra each time. So often leave them in for up to three days depending on azotaemia, urethral trauma and spasm and how handleable the cat is

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Tedders — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 21:32:15 GMT

If I can unblock them relatively quickly then once emptied I fill the bladder with saline, pull the catheter out and express the bladder manually and repeat 2-3 times. If I get a good stream of urine I leave the catheter out altogether. That is unless severely azotaemic and I wished to give longer ivft when I might leave in 1-3 days.

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Anthony Todd — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:56:49 GMT

[quote user="robloxley"]I've moved over the years to generally leaving them in much shorter[/quote]

Yup, never if possible, just local infusion and drain per 12 hours IMHO

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

Rob Loxley — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 12:58:49 GMT

I've moved over the years to generally leaving them in much shorter, and also if leaving indwelling looking at what catheter (material) you leave in

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Emily Rainbow — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:16:48 GMT

FLUTD cases 24hrs. Other causes up to 3 days. Depends on urine quality, tolerance levels etc.

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

serena holmes — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:09:16 GMT

If complete blockage I leave them in approx 24/36 hrs, my thinking being this allows the urethral antispasmodic drugs to kick in and guarantees bladder emptying whist diuresing.

RE: Cat indwelling catheters

skatealexia — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:55:10 GMT

These are urinary catheters