Bernard Hansen

Bio

Dr. Hansen received his DVM from Purdue in 1980, then did an internship at the University of Illinois before entering private practice in South Bend, IL until 1985. In 1985, he started a residency in internal medicine at The Ohio State University and then earned a Master’s degree in 1990. His primary clinical and research interests include critical care and recognition and treatment of pain. Dr. Hansen rides his bicycle 5,000-7,000 miles every year, and enjoys some racing and recreational road riding in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He also builds telescopes and monitors the climate changes on Mars. He is married and has a gymnast/equestrian daughter.

CERTIFICATIONS

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Area(s) of Expertise

SPONTANEOUS ANIMAL DISEASE MODELS
Critical care
Recognition and treatment of pain

Publications

• Case report: Low dose dexmedetomidine infusion for the management of hypoglycemia in a dog with an insulinoma , FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE (2023)
• Acute nephrotic-range glomerular proteinuria following ibuprofen intoxication in two cats , JOURNAL OF FELINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY OPEN REPORTS (2022)
• Comparison of venous hemoglobin saturation measurements obtained by in vivo oximetry and calculated from blood gas analysis in critically ill dogs , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE (2021)
• Fluid Overload , FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE (2021)
• Venous oxygen saturation in critical illness , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE (2018)
• Maintenance Fluid Therapy Isotonic Versus Hypotonic Solutions , VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE (2017)
• Retrospective evaluation of fluid overload and relationship to outcome in critically ill dogs , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE (2016)
• Opinions of clinical veterinarians at a US veterinary teaching hospital regarding antimicrobial use and antimicrobial-resistant infections , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2015)
• Presumptive intraperitoneal envenomation resulting in hemoperitoneum and acute abdominal pain in a dog , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE (2015)
• Chronic kidney disease in cats , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2014)

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