Relatório de estágio curricular obrigatório: área de intensivismo de pequenos animais

Abstract

The mandatory curricular internship was carried out at the Hospital Veterinário Central (HVC) in Portugal, within the small animal inpatient department, intensive care unit(ICU), and emergency sector. The internship took place from March 11th to May 27th, Monday to Friday, with 8-hour shifts per day, totaling 410 hours. The internship was supervised clinically by Dr. Nuno Gonçalo Paixão Amaral Santos Almeida and academically by Prof. Dimas Dal Magro Ribeiro, MSc. This report aims to describe the internship experience as part of the Veterinary Medicine program at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS). It includes information about the hospital, the cases observed, the main activities performed, and two clinical case reports. Over this period, 179 animals were admitted to the ICU. The most commonly affected systems were the gastrointestinal system with 44%, followed by the genitourinary system with 11,88%. The main activities carried out were non-invasive blood pressure monitoring and general physical exams. Two clinical cases are presented in this report: one on lung-digit syndrome in a cat, and another on contact urticaria caused by a pine processionary caterpillar in a dog. The internship has been really important for the student's personal and professional growth. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]