Pre-Surgical Pet Screening
Why Health Check Testing Before Pet Surgery?
Surgery and use of anesthetics can put additional burdens on your pet's body and internal organs. Many illnesses strain and can damage internal organs, making it very important to know an animal's health profile prior to surgery, especially when the pet surgery requires anesthetic. Pet pre-surgery health tests allow our surgical teams to adequately prepare for a given procedure and reduce your pet's risk of complications.
At PetPB, we always recommend a pre-surgical screening before surgery. While using an anesthetic is a common practice, it always has inherent risks, even for a healthy animal. The risk of complications during surgery with anesthetic is greatly increased if your pet has an underlying illness that goes undetected. If a problem is found prior to surgery, it could require a change in the anesthetic drugs and the type of monitoring used during the surgery.
Pre-surgical test results may suggest your pet will require blood products or IV fluids containing electrolytes and other supplements during surgery. For more information on the Palm Beach County Animal Emergency Services please contact us at 561-752-3232 or email one of our emergency veterinarians at s.duncan@petpb.com, j.joyce@petpb.com , n.fayman@petpb.com, or m.hall@petpb.com
