Diabetic remission in a cat treated with an implantable pump to deliver insulin.

Autor: Crinò C; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Iavazzo F; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Ferri F; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Coppola LM; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Salesov E; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Lutz TA; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Reusch CE; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Zini E; Istituto Veterinario di Novara, Strada Provinciale 9, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy (Crinò, Iavazzo, Ferri, Zini); Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), University of Padova, Italy (Coppola, Zini); Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine (Salesov, Reusch, Zini); and Institute of Veterinary Physiology (Lutz), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne [Can Vet J] 2020 Jan; Vol. 61 (1), pp. 30-34.
Abstrakt: A diabetic cat was referred because of poor metabolic control and difficulties the owner experienced injecting insulin. A pump, telemetrically controlled with a smartphone, was implanted subcutaneously to deliver insulin. Before implantation, the pump reservoir was filled with a rapid-acting human recombinant insulin. The insulin was administered through continuous infusion or periodic boluses over 2 weeks while the cat was hospitalized and over another 2 weeks after discharge from the hospital. Adjustments of insulin dosage were performed based on blood glucose concentrations measured with a continuous blood monitoring system (CGMS). The cat achieved diabetic remission that is still lasting after 1 year. The treatment protocol adopted in this cat contributed to achieving remission. The owner's unwillingness to inject insulin into an uncooperative cat was circumvented with the implantable pump. Key clinical message: The implantable subcutaneous pump, telemetrically controlled by a smartphone, easily allowed the clinician to modify the type of administration and the amount of insulin delivered; the concurrent use of a CGMS allowed detection of sudden changes in blood glucose while limiting stress to the cat.
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Databáze: MEDLINE