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Indications for an
Abdominal Ultrasound:
- Abdominal distension
- Abdominal pain
- Anorexia
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- PUPD
- Pregnancy
- Weight loss
- Collapse
- Ventricular arrhythmia
- Ascites
- Anemia
- Leukocytosis
- Thrombocytopenia
- Elevated liver enzymes
- Hyperbilirubinemia
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Azotemia
- Hypercalcemia
- Abnormal low dose dexamethasone suppression test
- Abnormal bile acid assay
- Hypertension
- Abnormal fPLI or Spec cPL
- Isosthenuria
- Proteinuria
- Hematuria
- Dysuria
- Pyuria
- Abnormal transitional cells in urine sediment
- Decreased intraabdominal detail
- Mass effect
- Mass
- Organomegaly
- Small liver
- Metastasis check
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Indications for an Echocardiogram:
- Heart murmur
- Gallop rhythm
- Tachycardia
- Muffled heart sounds
- Arrhythmia
- Dyspnea
- Cough
- Cyanosis
- Syncope
- Weakness
- Ascites
- Heartworm disease
- Cardiomegaly
- Pulmonary edema
- Pleural effusion
- Intrathoracic mass
- Splenic hemangiosarcoma
- Thromboembolism
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