Healthy lungs were long thought of as sterile, with presence of bacteria identified by culture
representing contamination. Recent advances in metagenomics have refuted this belief by …

Bronchomalacia (BM) is an inconsistently defined term in dogs, impairing understanding of
clinical presentation, therapeutic response and prognosis. Herein the authors propose to …

Background In dogs, antimicrobial drugs are widely prescribed for aspiration pneumonia
(AP) despite poor documentation of bacterial infection in AP (b‐AP) using bronchoalveolar …

Background Reports of clinicopathologic features of bronchomalacia (BM) differ because of
inconsistent definitions and frequent prevalence of comorbid cardiopulmonary disease …

Introduction High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy is a method to deliver warmed, humidified air-
oxygen blended at high flow rates to patients through a nasal cannula using a specialized …

Simple Summary Airway collapse consists of the partial/complete narrowing of an airway
with subsequent restriction to the airflow. It can occur anywhere along the trachea or …

Sedation and general anesthesia produce profound changes in respiratory function, with the
degree of change depending on drugs employed, species involved, depth of anesthesia …

Simple Summary Dogs diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia are often treated with long
courses of antibiotics (3–6 weeks) and chest X-rays are used to help guide the duration of …

OBJECTIVE To describe the current standard of care among specialists for the routine
diagnostic evaluation and medical management of stable tracheal collapse in dogs …

Diagnostic imaging plays a fundamental role in the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases.
Radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography, and endoscopy are important tools for …