Kate Hopper

Kate Hopper

Director and Professor

Surgical & Radiological Sciences

Office
1104B Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care
Education
1991, BVSc, University of Melbourne, Australia, 250 Princes Hwy, Werribee
1999, MVS, University of Melbourne, Australia, 250 Princes Hwy, Werribee
2007, PhD, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2023 Hopper K, Haskins S: Chapter 50: Acid-Base Evaluation, Burkitt Creedon JM, Davis H, (ed), Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, Ames, Iowa. .
2023 Hopper K, Baker J: Chapter 27: Mechanical Ventilation, Burkitt Creedon JM, Davis H, (ed), Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, Ames, Iowa. .
2022 Hopper K: Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation, Silverstein DC, Hopper K, (ed), Small Animal Critical Care Medicine, . .
2022 Hopper K: Mechanical Ventilation - Core Concepts, Silverstein DC, Hopper K, (ed), Small Animal Critical Care Medicine, . .
2022 Osborne L, Hopper K: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Silverstein DC, Hopper K, (ed), Small Animal Critical Care Medicine, . .
Research Focus
Occurrence and the underlying mechanisms of clinical acid-base, electrolyte and lactate disorders in animals.
Specialty Focus
Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care
Ten Recent Publications

2024
Hoehne SN, Hopper K, Rezende ML, Borchers A, Epstein SE
Serial paired arterial and jugular venous point of care values in dogs undergoing manual basic life support

2024
Cortellini S, DeClue AE, Giunti M, Goggs R, Hopper K, Menard JM, Rabelo RC, Rozanski EA, Sharp CR, Silverstein DC, Sinnott-Stutzman V, Stanzani G
Defining sepsis in small animals

2024
Burkitt-Creedon JM, Boller M, Fletcher DJ, Brainard BM, Buckley GJ, Epstein SE, Fausak ED, Hopper K, Lane SL, Rozanski EA, Wolf J
2024 RECOVER Guidelines: Updated treatment recommendations for CPR in dogs and cats.

2024
Fletcher DJ, Boller M, Burkitt-Creedon JM, Fausak E, Van Noord MG, Mears K, Hopper K, Epstein SE
2024 RECOVER Guidelines: Methods, evidence identification, evaluation, and consensus process for development of treatment recommendations.

2024
Hopper K, Epstein SE, Burkitt-Creedon JM, Fletcher DJ, Boller M, Fausak ED, Mears K, Crews M, RECOVER Basic Life Support Domain Evidence Evaluators
2024 RECOVER Guidelines: Basic Life Support. Evidence and knowledge gap analysis with treatment recommendations for small animal CPR.

2023
Saint-Pierre LM, Farrell KS, Hopper K, Reagan KL
Retrospective evaluation of fresh platelet concentrate administration in dogs: Patient characteristics, outcomes, and transfusion practices in 189 transfusion episodes (2008-2019).

2023
Hoehne SN, Hopper K, Epstein SE
Association of point-of-care blood variables obtained from dogs and cats during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and following return of spontaneous circulation with patient outcomes.

2023
Hopper K
Acid-Base.

2023
Nemi JR, Hopper K, Epstein SE
Retrospective evaluation of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema in dogs and cats (2000-2021): 31 cases.

2022
Epstein SE, Hopper K, Farrell KS
Manual plasma exchange to treat an accidental overdose of intravenous lipid emulsion in a dog with baclofen toxicosis.