Clinical protocols & thrombosis prevention awareness
IMHA Information Portal
Access peer-reviewed articles, diagnostic guidelines, and evidence-based treatment summaries compiled from the ACVIM and CURATIVE critical care statements. Choose a path below to explore specialised veterinary resources.
Emergency & Prognostic Guidelines
IMHA Emergency Signs
Learn to instantly spot the warning flags of an acute haemolytic crisis or thromboembolic blockage. Detailed explanations covering mucous membrane changes, sleeping breathing rate metrics, and microvascular bruising (petechiae).
IMHA Survival Rates
Review peer-reviewed survival outcomes for canine, feline, and equine IMHA. Explore statistics regarding acute-phase hospitalisation, long-term remission variables, relapse risks, and identified prognostic markers.
Pathophysiology & Recovery Management
Blood Clots in IMHA
Analyse the biochemical pathways behind multi-systemic hypercoagulability. Understand how tissue factor exposure, rigid spherocyte micro-clogging, inflammatory storms, and fibrinolysis resistance drive fatal clot risk in IMHA.
IMHA Relapse & Safe Tapering
Tapering steroids too rapidly represents the leading cause of sudden relapse. Review gold-standard ACVIM glucocorticoid tapering timelines, sequential multi-agent rules, and serial PCV validation guides.
Therapeutics & Side-Effect Management
Prednisolone Side Effects
Manage the extensive physical, metabolic, and behavioural shifts caused by high-dose immunosuppressive therapy. Learn about ADH antagonism, polyphagia, silent UTIs, and mucosal gastroprotection rules.
Clopidogrel for Dogs
Study the irreversible P2Y12 receptor blockade mechanism. Explore standard veterinary clopidogrel dosing, hepatic bioactivation, the empty capsule delivery standard, and pre-operative withdrawal guidelines.
Rivaroxaban for Dogs
Review the direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) mechanism of selective Factor Xa blockade. Learn about bioavailability, food absorption requirements, surgical washouts, and multi-drug interaction contraindications.