A Colour Handbook of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

This book provides the busy veterinary practitioner with a guide to managing emergency and critical care situations. Life threatening problems must be handled immediately and decisions have to be made quickly regarding diagnostic and treatment plans. For easy reference, the text is organized by body-system and covers all essential areas, including cardiac emergencies, respiratory distress, neurological emergencies, trauma and poisoning. This book will be useful to veterinarians in practice and working in emergency clinics. It will also appeal to veterinary students and nurses. Cover ......Page 1 Contents......Page 4 Contributors......Page 6 Glossary of Abbrevations......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 PART I Emergency medicine......Page 10 Overview of emergency medicine......Page 11 1 Shock......Page 13 Hipovolemic shock......Page 14 Sepsis/septic shock......Page 17 Cardiogenic shock......Page 19 2 Cardiac emergencies......Page 21 3 Respiratory emergencies......Page 63 4 Haematological emergencies......Page 77 5 Toxicological emergencies......Page 89 6 Gastrointestinal emergencies......Page 101 7 Renal emergencies......Page 119 8 Neurological emergencies......Page 133 9 Metabolic emergencies......Page 151 10 Trauma......Page 167 11 Reproductive emergencies......Page 179 12 Enviromental emergencies......Page 188 PART II Critical care......Page 206 13 Monitoring critical care patients......Page 208 14 Anesthesia and analgesia for critical care patients......Page 215 15 Fluid therapy......Page 224 16 Transfusion medicine for critical care patients......Page 232 17 Nutritional support of the critically ill patient......Page 239 18 Tehniques......Page 249 Appendices......Page 268 Index......Page 283 Back......Page 295 The second edition of a bestseller, this book presents essential information on common emergencies in small animals using a concise, practical outline format. A thorough update to this classic reference, the second edition provides new chapters on orthopedic injuries and wound management, significant revisions to the treatment protocols, and expanded toxicology information, as well as new references and drug information. The book retains its logical division into two parts, the first covering initial stabilization and the second offering a systems approach to specific conditions. A concise illustrated manual focusing on management of the more common emergency and critical care conditions encountered in clinical practice, with chapters on emergencies affecting each body system, on toxicology and other environmental causes, and on critical care techniques, plus a chapter describing clinical skills and procedures.