Dx & Tx
As a referral and after-hours emergency veterinary hospital, our veterinarians do not provide wellness, prophylactic or primary care. We promote pet wellness by encouraging pet owners to schedule annual visits with their family veterinarians. Our doctors focus on their areas of specialized medicine to provide your patients with the expertise needed to diagnose and treat uncommon and complex illnesses.
BluePearl provides the following services in our New York hospitals:
Cardiology
- Canine valvular disease
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Canine congestive heart failure
- Congenital heart defects
- Pulmonary and systemic hypertension
- Arrhythmias (slow or fast)
- Feline cardiomyopathies and secondary congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Feline aortic thromboembolic events (FATE)
- Syncope
Critical Care
- Continuous vital signs monitoring
- Intravenous fluid therapy
- Nutritional support
- Blood transfusion
- Oxygen supplementation
- Pain relief
Internal Medicine
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Blood transfusion for albumin replacement, anemia, clotting disorders, others
- Bone marrow biopsies and aspirates
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) taps
- Computed tomography (CT) scans of the head, neck, chest, abdomen
- Electrocardiography
- Endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract and respiratory tract, including foreign body removal (esophageal and upper gastrointestinal); biopsy acquisition; and interventional techniques (e.g. urethral collagen injections for incontinence, dilation of esophageal and lower gastrointestinal strictures)
- Feeding tube placement (e.g. esophageal, gastric, jejunal)
- Hemodialysis for acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, and toxin removal; click here for a paper by Dr. Eatroff on the role of dialysis in veterinary medicine.
- Minimally invasive urinary stone removal (e.g. voiding urohydropulsion)
- Peritoneal dialysis for chronic kidney disease
- Radiography, survey and contrast (e.g. cystourethrography, gastrointestinal barium studies, intravenous pyelography)
- Total or partial parenteral (intravenous) nutrition
- Transtracheal and endotracheal washes
- Ultrasound (abdominal and thoracic), including diagnostic imaging and ultrasound-guided biopsies and intralesional therapeutic injections (e.g. parathyroid tumor ablations, cyst ablations)
Oncology
Diagnostics include biopsy, CT, cytology, digital radiography, laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, MRI, nuclear scintigraphy, and ultrasound. Treatments include chemotherapy, I-131 treatment, melanoma vaccine, surgery and radiation therapy. All radiation therapy plans are formulated by our board-certified radiation oncologist.
Ophthalmology
- Telephone consultations for referring veterinarians
- Diagnostics and medical management for a wide variety of chronic, non-responsive intra- and extraocular diseases including cataracts, glaucoma, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, ulcerative keratitis and uveitis
- Canine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF) Examinations
- Corneal surgery for deep ulcers and dystrophies, including conjunctival grafts and corneal transplants
- Cryotherapy, CO2 laser treatment, and traditional surgical intervention for eyelid diseases
- Electroretinography for retinal function evaluation
- Extraocular surgery including eyelid mass removalas, prolapsed third eyelid gland reduction (“cherry eye” surgery), blepharoplasties, including entropian, ectropian and brachycephalic syndrome corrections
- Glaucoma medical and surgical treatment including diode laser and valve therapies
- Intraocular surgery for lens luxation and intraocular disease, including artificial lens implantation and cataract and luxated lens removals
- Ocular ultrasound
- Parotid duct transposition for non-responsive KCS
- Retinal evaluations including electroretinograms (ERGs) for inherited and acquired retinal degeneration
- Retinal surgery with diode laser
- State-of-the-art phacoemulsification and artificial lens implantation for cataracts
- Surgical treatments for glaucoma, including laser therapy and goniovalve (intraocular shunt) implantation
Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
- Digital radiography
- CT (computerized tomography) scanning
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
- Ultrasound
Surgery
Soft-tissue surgery involves state-of-the-art techniques such as shunt implantation, arthroscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and thoracoscopic surgery. Orthopedic surgery addresses bone and muscle injuries using bone plating and interlocking nail fixation, external skeletal fixation, arthroscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and thoracoscopic surgery.
- Congenital conditions
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Cardiovascular surgery including surgery to correct congenital and acquired anomalies of the heart, remove cardiac tumors and implant pacemakers
- Degenerative diseases such as hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia and limb abnormalities Repair of the upper and lower respiratory tract
- Hernia repair
- Infections
- Management of chronic ear disease and aural tumors
- Sports injuries including fractures, ligament and tendon injuries such as cruciate ligament tears and patellar luxation
- Tumor resection, including those from the gastrointestinal tract including the esophagus, stomach, intestines, and colon; urinary and reproductive organs; liver, gall bladder and bile ducts
