A concise and practical quick reference for veterinary practitioners dealing with feline emergencies
The updated Second Edition of Feline Emergency and Critical Care Medicine delivers a practical guide for veterinary practitioners dealing with injured or ill cats.
The book focuses on clinically oriented information tailored to a fast-paced emergency setting. Perfect as a quick reference—with a concise outline format designed to facilitate immediate access to critical information—this edition of the popular book emphasizes the skillful and informed management of feline veterinary emergencies.
The new edition of Feline Emergency and Critical Care Medicine also includes:
- A thorough introduction to veterinary approaches to the care of critically ill cat, cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation, shock, and trauma
- Comprehensive explorations of anesthetic protocols for systemically healthy cats and pain management in critically ill feline patients
- Practical discussions of general approaches to neurologic emergencies, including those involving the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral organs
- In-depth examinations of a wide variety of emergency surgical procedures, including gastrointestinal, urinary, and other surgeries
Feline Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for feline and small animal veterinary practitioners and emergency and critical care specialists.
Author(s): Kenneth J. Drobatz, Erica Reineke, Merilee F. Costello, William T. N. Culp
Edition: 2
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 576
City: Hoboken
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Chapter 1 Approach to the Critically Ill Cat
Chapter 2 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Treatment
Recommended Reading
Chapter 3 Shock
Chapter 4 Trauma
Recommended Reading
Chapter 5 Anesthesia for Critically Ill Feline Patient
References
Recommended Reading
Chapter 6 Anesthetic Protocols for Systemically Healthy Cats
Recommended Readings
Chapter 7 Analgesia in the Critically Ill Cat
Reference
Recommended Readings
Chapter 8 Fluid Therapy
References
Recommended Readings
Chapter 9 Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Feline Patient
Recommended Readings
Chapter 10 Respiratory Emergencies and Pleural Space Disease
Recommended Reading
Chapter 11 Upper Airway Disease
11.1 History and Physical Examination
11.2 Nasal Diseases
11.3 Nasopharyngeal Diseases
11.4 Laryngeal Diseases
11.5 Tracheal Diseases
Recommended Readings
Chapter 12 Lower Airway Disease
Recommended Reading
Chapter 13 Parenchymal Disease
Chapter 14 Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of Feline Cardiac Emergencies
14.1 Congestive Heart Failure
14.2 Arterial Thromboembolism
14.3 Arrhythmias
14.4 Summary
References
Chapter 15 Management of Specific Cardiac Diseases
Chapter 16 Management of Thromboembolic Disease Secondary to Heart Disease
Chapter 17 Management of Life-Threatening Arrhythmias
References
Recommended Reading
Chapter 18 Diagnostic Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Conditions
Recommended Readings
Chapter 19 General Approach to the Acute Abdomen
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Summary
Recommended Reading
Chapter 20 Management of Specific Gastrointestinal Conditions
Recommended Reading
Chapter 21 Urologic Emergencies—General Approach: Diagnostic Evaluation, Monitoring, and Therapeutic Techniques for the Urological System
Chapter 22 Urologic Emergencies: Ureters, Bladder, Urethra, GN, and CKD
22.1 Definitions
22.2 Disease Conditions
22.3 Urethral Obstruction
22.4 Urethral Tear
22.5 Bacterial Cystitis
22.6 Ureteral Obstruction
22.7 Ureteral Tear
22.8 Uroperitoneum
22.9 Acute-on-Chronic Kidney Disease
22.10 Pyelonephritis
22.11 Glomerulonephritis (GN)
Recommended Reading
Chapter 23 Acute Kidney Injury
Recommended Readings
Chapter 24 General Approach and Overview of the Neurologic Cat
Chapter 25 Neurologic Emergencies: Brain
Recommended Readings
Chapter 26 Neurologic Emergencies: Spinal Cord
Further Reading
General
Differential Diagnoses
Therapies
Chapter 27 Neurologic Emergencies: Peripheral
27.1 Peripheral Nervous System Emergencies Due to Trauma
27.2 Peripheral Nervous System Emergencies Due to Vascular Disease
27.3 Peripheral Nervous System Emergencies Due to Toxins
27.4 Peripheral Nervous System Emergencies Secondary to Metabolic Disorder
27.5 Myopathies
27.6 Miscellaneous
27.7 Urinary System Dysfunctions
Chapter 28 Hematologic Emergencies: Bleeding
Recommended Reading
Chapter 29 Hematologic Emergencies: Anemia
Recommended Reading
Chapter 30 Management of Specific Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases: Diabetes Mellitus
References
Additional Suggested Readings:
General Additional Information:
Insulin Protocols:
Fluid and Electrolyte Management:
Monitoring and Diagnostics:
Chapter 31 Management of Specific Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases: Other
Recommended Readings
Chapter 32 Electrolyte Disorders
Recommended Reading
Chapter 33 Reproductive Emergencies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 34 Pediatric Emergencies
Chapter 35 Geriatric Emergencies
References
Chapter 36 Ocular Emergencies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 37 Dermatologic Emergencies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 38 Toxicological Emergencies
Chapter 39 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 40 Common Technical Procedures in the ER
40.1 Introduction
40.2 Handling and Restraint
40.3 Vascular Access
40.4 Indirect Blood Pressure
40.5 Direct Blood Pressure
40.6 Electrocardiogram
40.7 Oxygen Supplementation
40.8 Abdominal and Thoracic FAST
40.9 Abdominocentesis
40.10 Thoracocentesis
40.11 Pericardiocentesis
40.12 Cystocentesis
40.13 Urinary Catheter Placement
40.14 Coccygeal Epidural
40.15 Subcutaneous Fluid Administration
40.16 Nasogastric Tube Placement
40.17 Enema Administration
Recommended Reading
Chapter 41 Creating a Minimal-Stress Emergency Environment
Recommended Reading
Chapter 42 Surgical Section
42.1 Emergency Gastrointestinal Surgery
References
42.2 Emergency Urinary Surgery
References
42.3 Emergency Hepatobiliary Surgery
References
42.4 Emergency Reproductive Surgery
References
42.5 Emergency Traumatic and Reconstructive Surgery
References
42.6 Emergency Ophthalmic Surgery
Recommended Reading
References
Index
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