ABSTRACT
97 A 10-month-old male neutered Burmese cat presents with a history of apparent motor vehicle trauma. On physical examination, you note a fluid wave in the abdomen. The cat has been straining to urinate, apparently unproductively, since the owners found it this morning. Suspecting urinary tract trauma, you obtain a contrast urethrogram (Figure 97.1). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429401725/9d69b4ae-80d1-4f44-9dcb-659cda134065/content/fig97_1_C.jpg"/>
i. What other minimally invasive diagnostics could you use to document the presence of uroabdomen?
ii. Why does BUN/urea measurement in abdominal fluid have less utility than creatinine in these cases?
iii. What systemic biochemical changes would you expect in this cat?
