• Describe aspiration related respiratory syndromes
• Show utility of the use of fluoroscopy, endoscopy and/or CT in diagnosis of syndromes

• Review normal anatomy and physiology of upper and lower airways
• Demonstrate normal appearance of a respiratory fluoroscopy study and video fluoroscopic swallow study
• Interpret respiratory fluoroscopy slides using cases

• Review clinical case material and salient CT scan observations relevant to primary bronchiolar disorders, vaso-occlusive diseases and interstitial lung diseases.
• Identify CT scan-histopathologic correlations.

• Identify lung patterns of disease
• Describe the overview of CT acquisition, protocol and definitions

• Practice the interpretation of CT lesions.
• Demonstrate how CT lesions guide additional diagnostics and therapeutics.

• Review standard approach to examination of the upper and lower airways (excluding rhinoscopy).
• Review abnormal upper airway lesions.
• Discuss special techniques for lower respiratory tract diagnosis using the endoscope (lavage, fine-needle aspiration, biopsy, brush cytology, etc.).
• Provide case examples of how tracheobronchoscopy was used as a key diagnostic test

• Review the literature and various published lung ultrasound formats
• Compare and understand the various B-line scoring systems
• Compare and understand the visual lung language and the line language for lung ultrasound findings

• Discuss the evolution and mechanisms of lung ultrasound and wet versus dry lung artifacts
• Learn how to perform Vet BLUE
• Understand how to apply its Regional, Pattern-based Approach to different subsets of dogs and cats
• Understand how to use the Vet BLUE B-line scoring system for guiding diuretic usage

• Understand the physiological differences in the lung ultrasound signs of consolidation
• Understand the various lung ultrasound signs of consolidation using case-based examples

• Understand how Vet BLUE can rapidly sort out different subsets of feline respiratory distress that have similar lung auscultation and breathing patterns
• Understand safely position felines
• Understand integration of TFAST and Vet BLUE to maximize the probability of making an accurate diagnosis
• Using the integrative approach to better select diagnostic testing

• Learn TFAST echo views for assessing volume and contractility, left- and right-sided cardiac strain/overload/failure
• Understand the use of the Non-echo Fallback Views for volume and contractility, left- and right-sided cardiac strain/overload/failure
• Application of the Lung Point for detection and monitoring of pneumothorax

• Learn the use of Vet BLUE-TFAST and Global FAST for left atrial tear/rupture, dilated cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary thromboembolism, cardiac masses, left- and right-sided cardiac strain/overload/failure
• Discriminate respiratory versus cardiac causes of respiratory distress
• Stage the patient - localized versus disseminated disease and picking the next best diagnostic test

• How to use Vet BLUE for a  basic lung orientation
• How to accurately find the Vet BLUE views, and be able to appreciate the pitfalls of Vet BLUE;
• TFAST: how to use the Chest Tube Site for PTX, how to look for the Lung Point, the 3 TFAST Echo Views, and the imaging the caudal vena cava for volume status