Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine

Editor/Author Sturgess, Kit
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: CRC Press

Single-User Purchase Price: $35.95
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: Not Available
ISBN: 978-1-84-076174-0
Category: Animals & Veterinary Medicine
Image Count: 66
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

A concise, problem-oriented and accessibly designed rapid reference guide and revision aid for students and practitioners, focusing on the essentials of medicine and surgery of the dog and cat.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1 BASIC APPROACHES
  • 1.1 General health
  • 1.2 History taking and physical examination
  • 1.3 Diagnostic techniques
  • 2 CLINICAL PRESENTATION
  • 2.1 Sneezing and nasal discharge
  • 2.2 Coughing
  • 2.3 Dyspnoea
  • 2.4 Inappetance and anorexia
  • 2.5 Vomiting and regurgitation
  • 2.6 Diarrhoea
  • 2.7 Weight loss
  • 2.8 Polyuria/polydipsia
  • 2.9 Feline lower urinary tract disease
  • 2.10 Urinary incontinence
  • 2.11 Renal disease
  • 2.12 Pyrexia
  • 2.13 Anaemia
  • 2.14 Jaundice
  • 3 BODY SYSTEMS AND MULTISYSTEMIC DISEASE
  • 3.1 Eyes
  • 3.2 Teeth and gums
  • 3.3 Heart and lungs
  • 3.4 Digestive tract
  • 3.5 Liver and biliary tract
  • 3.6 Kidneys
  • 3.7 Lower urinary tract
  • 3.8 Reproduction
  • 3.9 Skin
  • 3.10 Nervous system
  • 3.11 Endocrine system
  • 3.12 Obesity
  • 3.13 Infectious disease
  • 3.14 Oncology
  • 4 ANAESTHESIA, ANALGESIA AND SURGERY
  • 4.1 Anaesthesia
  • 4.2 Analgesia
  • 4.3 Soft-tissue surgery
  • 4.4 Orthopaedics
  • 5 CRITICAL CARE
  • 5.1 Fluid therapy
  • 5.3 Trauma and RTA
  • 5.4 Poisoning
  • 5.5 Dyspnoea: emergency management
  • 5.6 Collapse
  • 5.7 Urinary obstruction
  • 5.8 Seizures
  • 5.9 CPCR
  • Further reading
  • Units of measurement
  • Selected abbreviations