1st Edition

Equine Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Edited By Louise Southwood, Pamela A. Wilkins Copyright 2014
880 Pages 908 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

880 Pages
by CRC Press

Early recognition of problems by owners, appropriate first aid, and timely referral by field veterinarians improve the chance of survival for horses requiring emergency management and critical care. With a view toward improving patient outcome, Equine Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is written by a team of enthusiastic equine specialists who explore a host of conditions that the equine... Read more

Emergency medicine

Digestive system and peritoneal disease; Louise L. Southwood

Musculoskeletal system; Liberty M. Getman and Troy N. Trumble

Respiratory tract; Mathew P. Gerard and Pamela A. Wilkins

Cardiovascular system; Melinda Frye, Vanessa Cook, Louise L. Southwood, and Pamela A. Wilkins

Urogenital system; Barbara L. Dallap Schaer and Deitrich Volkmann

Skin; Troy N. Trumble, Louise L. Southwood, and Robert Poppenga

Neurology; Pamela A. Wilkins

Eye and associated structures; Elizabeth J. Davidson and Mary E. Utter

Neonatology; Jane A. Axon and Pamela A. Wilkins

Toxicology; Robert Poppenga

Critical care

Monitoring; K. Gary Magdesian and Louise L. Southwood

Fluid therapy; Vanessa L. Cook and Louise L. Southwood

Inotrope and vasopressor therapy; Brett S. Tennent-Brown and Janice Seahorn

Sedation and analgesia; Janyce Seahorn

Nutritional support; Brett S. Tennent-Brown

Antimicrobial drugs; James A. Orsini

The systemic inflammatory response; Michelle H. Barton and K. Gary Magdesian

Postoperative colic patient; Louise L. Southwood

The pregnant mare; Pamela A. Wilkins

The neonate; Jane Axon and Pamela A. Wilkins

The recumbent horse; Pamela A. Wilkins

Biography

Louise L. Southwood, BVSc, PhD, DACVS, DACVECC
Associate Professor of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care
Department of Clinical Studies – New Bolton Center
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Pamela A. Wilkins, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVECC
Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Section Head, Equine Medicine and Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

"If you saw something in practice and you didn’t know what it was, it’s highly likely you’d find a picture of it in this book, and, better still, really useful and good quality accompanying ultrasound images and radiographs … If I were off to an equine emergency of any description, I’d take this textbook with me."
—Emma Shipman in Veterinary Record