Description
A comprehensive physical examination and diagnostic laboratory tests are invaluable for detecting health problems early in senior pets. Wellness screens can provide reassurance of “wellness” and identify subclinical disease for prognosis and early intervention. However, “abnormal” results can be generated when there are no clinical signs. In this webinar Peter Graham shares his experience on how to read these results. He speaks about the statistics of reference ranges (which by definition imply probability of one or more “abnormal” results) vs cut off values and the importance of specificity in wellness and screening programmes, positive and negative predictive values and precision of analysers. His advice is not to be misled by pre-analytical and analytical errors, to focus on reassurance of the “normal” results, though certain abnormalities even in a well appearing animal warrant repeat testing or work up. Peter goes through the most common senior abnormalities and helps his audience to conclude: “Is the result important and what should be done next?” Part of the NationWide Companion Bundle.
