SERVICES

ACCIM provides long-term medical management for internal medicine and critical care patients, and is available to provide intensive medical care for your pet 24-hours daily, especially when your family veterinarian is closed for the day. We have the capability to stabilize your critically ill pet before they undergo surgery or other necessary diagnostic procedures, and we work closely with your family veterinarian when your pet’s medical condition requires our services.

In-house laboratory services:

  • Blood gas
  • CBC, electrolytes, ionized calcium and magnesium, lactate
  • Biochemistry
  • Coagulation
  • Viral serology

Laboratory sample collection:

  • Venous and arterial blood collection
  • Cystocentesis
  • Thoracocentesis
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Abdominocentesis
  • Arthrocentesis
  • Bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy
  • Percutaneous (ultrasound-guided) and surgical biopsy
  • Cerebral spinal fluid collection

Monitoring:

  • Invasive cardiac output monitoring
  • Invasive and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring
  • Telemetric continuous ECG
  • Capnometry, oximetry, Doppler and sphygnomanometry, anesthesia gas monitors with phleythsmography

Imaging:

  • Radiography
  • Radiography contrast studies
  • Ultrasound
  • Echocardiogram
  • CT
  • MRI
  • Isotope scanning

Fiber optic scope:

  • Endoscopy, Colonoscopy
  • Bronchoscopy, Rhinoscopy
  • Cystoscopy, Vaginoscopy
  • Laparoscopy
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Endoscopic and bronchoscopic foreign body retrieval

Therapy:

  • Cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation
  • Intravenous and arterial catheterization
  • Intermittent and indwelling urethral catheterization
  • Oxygen and respiratory therapy and mechanical ventilation
  • Enteral and perenteral nutrition support
  • Emergency surgical procedures
  • Open-abdomen patient management
  • Pacemaker implantation