Zoetis – Vetscan Critical Care Profile Plus – Pack of 12

1. Intended Use
The VetScan® Critical Care Plus Reagent Rotor, used with the VetScan Chemistry Analyzer, is intended to be used for veterinary
in vitro quantitative determination of alanine aminotransferase, chloride, creatinine, glucose, potassium, sodium, total carbon
dioxide, and urea nitrogen in heparinized whole blood, heparinized plasma, or serum.
2. Summary and Explanation of Tests
The VetScan Critical Care Plus Reagent Rotor and the VetScan Chemistry Analyzer comprise an in vitro diagnostic system that
that aids the veterinarian in diagnosing the following disorders:
Alanine Aminotransferase Liver diseases; including viral hepatitis and cirrhosis; heart diseases.
Chloride Chronic diarrhea, chronic vomiting, renal disease, parathyroid disease, chronic respiratory
acidosis or alkalosis, hyperadrenocorticism, hypoadrenocorticism, and thiazide therapy.
Creatinine Renal disease and monitoring of renal dialysis.
Glucose Carbohydrate metabolism disorders, including adult and juvenile diabetes mellitus and
hypoglycemia.
Potassium Renal glomerular or tubular disease, adrenocortical insufficiency, diabetic ketacidosis, excessive
intravenous potassium therapy, sepsis, panhypopituitarism, in vitro hemolysis,
hyperaldosteronism, malnutrition, hyperinsulinism, metabolic alkalosis and gastrointestinal loss.
Sodium Dehydration, diabetes insipidus, loss of hypotonic gastrointestinal fluids, salt poisoning, selective
depression of sense of thirst, skin losses, burns, sweating, hyperaldosteronism, CNS disorders,
dilutional, depletional and delusional hyponatremia and syndrome of inappropriate ADH
secretion.
Total Carbon Dioxide Primary metabolic alkalosis and acidosis and primary respiratory alkalosis and acidosis.
Urea Nitrogen Renal and metabolic diseases.