ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Cats

Area of Science:

• Veterinary Medicine
• Feline Critical Care
• Pharmacology

Background:

• Clinical guidelines are essential for standardizing veterinary care.
• Accurate drug dosing is critical for patient safety and treatment efficacy in veterinary medicine.
• Previous versions of feline critical care guidelines contained a dosing error for esmolol.

Purpose of the Study:

• To notify readers of an important amendment to published feline critical care guidelines.
• To correct a specific error in the recommended dosage of esmolol for cats.
• To ensure the online version of the guidelines reflects the accurate therapeutic recommendations.

Main Methods:

• A review of the published guidelines was conducted.
• A specific error in Table 6 concerning the unit for esmolol dosage was identified.
• The online version of the guidelines was updated to reflect the corrected information.

Main Results:

• The unit for esmolol dosage in Table 6 was incorrectly stated as mg/kg/min.
• The corrected unit for esmolol dosage is μg/kg/min.
• The 'Suggested dose' for esmolol has been amended to '50-100 μg/kg/min CRI'.

Conclusions:

• The amendment ensures accurate administration of esmolol in feline critical care.
• Corrected dosing information is now available in the online version of the guidelines.
• This correction enhances the reliability of the feline medicine guidelines for veterinary professionals.