Dr Laura Cole
DipAVECC
Staff Clinician in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Department: Clinical Science and Services
Campus: Hawkshead
Clinical Groups: Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, Small Animal Internal Medicine
Laura is a Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical care at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, Royal Veterinary College. Her role includes supervising residents in providing emergency and critical veterinary care.
Laura graduated from Cambridge University in 2011 and spent years in general practice before undertaking an internship and then residency at the RVC in emergency and critical care. She gained the American Diploma in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 2019, the European Diploma in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care shortly after and is now a lecturer in emergency and critical care at the Royal Veterinary College, having completed her fellowship in higher education in 2021. Her areas of interest include point-of-care ultrasound, acute kidney injury, and veterinary teaching. She is chair of the veterinary emergency and critical care ultrasound interest group, EVECC and lectures nationally and internationally on all topics, with a particular interest in point-of-care ultrasound.
Laura has published various studies in the field of acute kidney injury and blood transfusions.
Beeston, D., Dirrig, H. and Cole, L. (2023) The utility of clinicopathological findings and point‐of‐care ultrasound in increasing the index of suspicion of ureteral obstruction in azotaemic cats presenting to the emergency room. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 64(12), pp.781-787.
McDonald, C., Barfield, D., & Cole, L. (2023) Assessing primary care veterinarians’ use of and confidence in performing point‐of‐care ultrasound. Veterinary Record, 193(8).
Trinder, R., Humm, K., Phillips, S., & Cole, L. (2022) The efficacy of vapocoolant spray for the improved tolerance of catheter pain in emergency patients. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 63(8), 590-596.
Trinder, R., Greensmith, T., Cole, L., & Cortellini, S. (2022) The use of haemodialysis for the treatment of phenobarbitone intoxication 30 hours after ingestion. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 10(3), e395.
Cole L, Humm K, Dirrig H. Focused Ultrasound Examination of Canine and Feline Emergency Urinary Tract Disorders. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2021 Nov;51(6):1233-1248. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2021.07.007. Epub 2021 Sep 14
Cortellini, S & Cole L (2021) Chapter 68: Acute kidney injury, Feline Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, eds Byers & Giunti, edra,
Cole, L., Pivetta, M., & Humm, K. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of a lung ultrasound protocol (Vet BLUE) for detection of pleural fluid, pneumothorax and lung pathology in dogs and cats. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 62(3), 178-186.
Cole, L. P., Jepson, R., Dawson, C., & Humm, K. (2020). Hypertension, retinopathy, and acute kidney injury in dogs: a prospective study. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 34(5), 1940-1947.
Cole LP, Hardas A, Priestnall SL, Tinson EW. Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in a cat with Klebsiella spp. infection. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2021 Jul;31(4):531-536
Cole L, Cook S. (2018). How to perform abdominal point-of-care ultrasonography, BSAVA Companion, 11, pp.10 – 15•
Cole L, Mantis P, Humm K (2018) Ultrasonographic findings in cats with acute kidney injury: A retrospective study. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, doi: 10.1177/1098612X18785738.
Cole L, Humm K (2018) Twelve autologous blood transfusions in eight cats with haemoperitoneum, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, doi: 10.1177/1098612X18785742
Cole L, Barfield D, Chan DL, Cortellini S (2018) Use of a modified thromboelastography assay for detection of hyperfibrinolysis in a dog infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum, Veterinary Record Case Reports, doi:10.1136/vetreccr-2017-000554.
Cole L, Jepson R, Humm K (2017) Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury, Journal of Small Animal Practice, 58, 577-581.
Cole L, Kellett-Gregory L. (2017) Approach the dyspnoeic cat, BSAVA Companion, pp 16 – 21
Laura has completed a teaching and learning in higher education and is actively invovled in hopsital teaching and volunteers to assisit with undergraduate communication teaching programme.
Laura's clinical work is focused on management of intensive care patients and dealing with emergency referrals.