Bsava Manual of Canine and Feline Emergency and Critical Care

by King, Lesley G.; Hammond, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780905214405
• ISBN10: 0905214404
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-30
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

This new book provides the essential guide to canine and feline emergency and critical care including triage assessment, emergencies of major body systems, poisoning, CCPR and nutritional support and nursing care. The relevant techniques are presented in one easy-access section. BSAVA, BVNA and FECAVA members can claim their member discount by ordering direct from: British Small Animal Veterinary Association Woodrow House, 1 Telford Way, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4AB, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

Table of Contents

List of contributors	v
Foreword	vii
Preface	viii
Triage and initial assessment	1	(6)
Kenneth Drobatz
Fluid therapy	7	(16)
Dez Hughes
Shock	23	(14)
Janet Aldrich
Cardiovascular emergencies	37	(28)
Rebecca L. Stepien
General approach to dyspnoea	65	(22)
Lori Waddell
Lesley King
Renal and urinary tract emergencies	87	(14)
Karol Mathews
Neurological emergencies	101	(16)
Charles Vite
Sheldon Steinberg
Ophthalmological emergencies	117	(10)
Deborah C. Mandell
Acute abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies	127	(18)
David Holt
Dorothy Brown
Haematological emergencies	145	(20)
Susan Hackner
Reproductive and paediatric emergencies	165	(12)
Gary C.W. England
Endocrine and metabolic emergencies	177	(14)
Tim Hackett
Acute management of orthopaedic and external soft tissue injuries	191	(18)
Matthew Pead
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs
Dermatological emergencies	209	(10)
Petra Roosje
Toxicological emergencies	219	(16)
Robert H. Poppenga
Monitoring the critical patient	235	(12)
Richard Hammond
Clare Walters
Cardiopulmonary--cerebral resuscitation	247	(14)
William W. Muir
Anaesthesia and analgesia for the critical patient	261	(10)
Daniel J. Holden
Richard Hammond
Nutritional support of the critical patient	271	(14)
Karyl Hurley
Kathy Michel
Drug therapy in the critical patient	285	(12)
Reid Groman
Dawn Merton Boothe
Emergency and critical care nursing	297	(10)
Elisa A. Petrollini
Dez Hughes
Emergency techniques	307	(34)
Robert N. White
Imaging techniques for the critical patient	341	(16)
Frances Barr
Index	357