Transthoracic and Transabdominal Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Tool in The Clinic Setting (2023)
Overview
This presentation will cover the practical use of transthoracic and transabdominal ultrasound imaging as a diagnostic tool in the clinical setting. This will include normal ultrasonographic appearance and common pathological conditions encountered in the routine clinical practice when implementing transthoracic and transabdominal ultrasound imaging. Topics will be based on clinical experience as well as most recent literature and will include clinical cases with respiratory clinical conditions, the use of fast localized ultrasound examination of horses with colic with interpretation of findings for surgical and non-surgical cases, as well as imagining of non-gastrointestinal organs such as liver and kidneys.
Presenters
Dr. GUSTAVO FERLINI AGNE MV, MS, DipACVIM – Large Animal
Gustavo is a Large Animal Internal Medicine Specialist and lecturer in Equine Internal Medicine at the School of Animal and Veterinary Science at The University of Adelaide. Following working as an equine practitioner in south of Brazil, Gustavo completed two equine rotating internships in California, USA and an equine medicine fellowship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute prior to commencing a specialty training programme in Large Animal Internal Medicine at Auburn University. Gustavo also attained a Master’s degree studying pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a torsemide in horses. Following this, he attained specialist status with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and commenced his academic career at The University of Adelaide. Gustavo is currently undertaking a PhD investigating the welfare impact and aspects of non-response to therapy in horses with Equine Gastric Ulceration. Gustavo has a passion for all aspects of internal medicine, including diagnostic imaging, gastroenterology, pharmacology, endocrinology, neonatology, cardiorespiratory, and ophthalmology as well as the treatment and management of infectious diseases.