Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine
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.
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