Quick Reference to Veterinary Medicine

Description

Now in its revised, updated Third Edition, this handy quick-reference guide provides easy and rapid access to the facts needed in daily small-animal practice. The book is written in outline format and organized to help the veterinarian quickly recognize signs and symptoms, formulate a differential diagnosis, select and interpret laboratory tests, choose a therapy, and find additional reference material. Major sections cover clinical signs and client complaints; laboratory abnormalities; principles of fluid, osmotic, and electrolyte balance; systems disturbances; and special topics.New chapters in the Third Edition cover behavioral disturbances, pain and pain management, dental and periodontal disorders, geriatrics, and cancer. Other problems addressed for the first time in this edition include splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, ataxia, polycythemia, and thyroid disorders. All chapters from the previous edition have been thoroughly updated.

Table of contents

Part 1. CLINICAL SIGNS AND CLIENT COMPLAINTS.

• Shock (William W. Muir, III).
• Orthopaedic and Neurologic Emergencies (James M. Fingeroth).
• Behavioral Disorder (Barbara Sherman Simpson).
• Pain and Pain Management (Bernard Hansen).
• Fever of Unknown Origin (James C. Prueter).
• Bleeding Disorders and Epistaxis (Justin H. Straus).
• Lymphadenopathy and Organomegaly (Rance M. Gamblin and C. Guillermo Couto).
• Obesity and Cachexia (C. A. Tony Buffington).
• Gait Disturbances (James M. Fingeroth and William R. Fenner).
• Polyuria and Polydipsia (Mary Annn Vonderhaar).

Part 2 LABORATORY ABNORMALITIES.

• Anemia (Justin H. Straus).
• Disorders of Leuocytes (Marcia Carothers and C. Guillermo Couto).
• Interpretation of Biochemical Profiles (M. Judith Radin).
• Urinalysis (Dennis J. Chew).

Part 3 PRINCIPLES OF FLUID: OSMOTIC AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE.

• Disorders of Eletrolytes (Helio A. de Morais and Dennis J. Chew and Stephen P. DiBartola).
• Glucose Disorders: Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia (Nathaniel C. Myers III and Deborah J. Davenport).
• Disorders of Fluid Balance, Fluid Therapy, and Transfusion Therapy (Helio A. de Morais and Dennis J. Chew and Catherine W. Kohn and Stephen P. DiBartola).
• Disorders in Acid-Base Balance (Dennis J. Chew and Catherine W. Kohn).

Part 4 SYSTEMS DISTURBANCES.

• Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disorder (John B. Bonagura and Larry Berkwitt).
• Gastrointestinal Disorders (Donna S. Dimski and robert G. Sherding).
• Hepatic Failure (William A. Rogers).
• Renal Failure (Dennis J. Chew and Helio A. de Morais and Stephen P. DiBartola).
• Disorders of the Urogenital System (Ronald Lyman).
• Disorders of the Endocrine System (Amy Grooters).
• Dermatologic Disorders (Patricia D. White and Kenneth W. Kwochka).
• Neurologic Disorders (William R. Fenner).
• Ocular Disorders (Susan Winston and Keith W. Prasse).

Part 5 SPECIAL TOPICS.

• Physical Injuries (William R. Fenner and John S. Cave and Roy Fenner).
• Intoxications (Diane F. Gerken).
• Physical Examination of the Geriatric Dog ad Cat (Heidi Ward).
• Clinical Approach to the Cancer Patient (Sarah E. Sheafor and C. Guillermo Couto).

Index.