Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. a Color Handbook

Description

This updated and revised handbook is now available in softcover for the first time.

Emergency and critical care medicine is one of the fastest growing fields of veterinary practice. Virtually every life-threatening disease can present for emergency evaluation, requiring knowledge of internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, oncology, anesthesia, and much more. Rapid and effective application of this knowledge can mean the difference between life and death for the animal.

Critical care requires the recognition of subtle changes in the clinical course of animals, and the ability to take corrective action before severe systemic disease becomes irreversible. Clinical decisions regarding seemingly small items, such as fluid therapy, antibiotics or analgesics, can have a profound impact on patient outcome

The main aim of this book - now re-issued in softcover with revised text and references (2012) - is to focus on management of the more common emergency and critical care conditions encountered in clinical practice, collated in a concise manual. There are chapters on emergencies affecting each body system, on toxicology and other environmental causes, and on critical care techniques ranging from patient monitoring, anesthesia and analgesia to fluid therapy, transfusion medicine and nutritional support, plus a chapter describing clinical skills and procedures. The text is illustrated by top-quality color photos, imaging and diagrams, and key information is highlighted in tabular form.

The authors combine experience in teaching and in clinical practice, and provide a ready resource for all those actively engaged in the field – practitioners and trainees, technicians and nurses.

Key features

o Vital topic coverage of all types of emergency and critical care
o Uses a body systems-based approach
o Superb colour illustrations

Contents

Preface

1.Overview of Emergency Medicine
2.Cardiac Emergencies
3.Respiratory Distress
4.Neurological Emergencies
5.Gastrointestinal Emergencies
6.Haematological Emergencies
7.Renal Emergencies
8.Metabolic Emergencies
9.Environmental Emergencies
10.Reproductive Emergencies
11.Trauma
12.Toxicological Emergencies
13.Supportive Nursing Care
Index

Reviews of the previous edition

“A welcome addition to the reference library of any emergency clinician.”
JAVMA

“Extremely easy to read….. well suited for dipping into a particular chapter to get an overview of a topic.”
The Veterinary Record

Elizabeth Rozanski, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, USA

John Rush, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, USA