2nd Edition

Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine A Color Handbook

By Elizabeth Rozanski, John Rush Copyright 2012
330 Pages 203 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

330 Pages
by CRC Press

Emergency and critical care medicine is one of the fastest growing fields of veterinary practice. Virtually every life-threatening disease can present for emergency evaluation, requiring knowledge of internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, oncology, anesthesia, and much more. Rapid and effective application of this knowledge can mean the difference between life and death for the animal.... Read more

Abbreviations
Preface

Part One: Emergency Medicine
Shock
Cardiac Emergencies
Respiratory Emergencies
Hematological Emergencies
Toxicological Emergencies
Gastrointestinal Emergencies
Renal Emergencies
Neurological Emergencies
Metabolic Emergencies
Trauma
Reproductive Emergencies
Environmental Emergencies

Part Two: Critical Care
Monitoring Critical Care Patients
Anesthesia and Analgesia for Critical Care Patients
Fluid Therapy
Transfusion Medicine for Critical Care Patients
Nutritional Support for Critical Care Patients
Techniques

Appendices
Conversion Tables
Calculation of a continuous rate infusion
Intensive care unit drug formulary

Index

Biography

Elizabeth Rozanski, John Rush

"A welcome addition to the reference library of any emergency clinician."
JAVMA

Praise for the Previous Edition
"Extremely easy to read… well suited for dipping into a particular chapter to get an overview of a topic."
The Veterinary Record