ABSTRACT

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 differen

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Contents

chapter |1 pages

Contributors

chapter |2 pages

Abbreviations

chapter |1 pages

Preface

part |1 pages

PART 1 Emergency medicine

chapter |3 pages

Overview of emergency medicine

chapter 1|8 pages

Shock

chapter 2|44 pages

Cardiac emergencies

chapter 3|14 pages

Respiratory emergencies

chapter 4|12 pages

Hematological emergencies

chapter 5|12 pages

Toxicological emergencies

chapter 6|18 pages

Gastrointestinal emergencies

chapter 7|14 pages

Renal emergencies

chapter 8|20 pages

Neurological emergencies

chapter 9|16 pages

Metabolic emergencies

chapter 10|12 pages

Trauma

chapter 11|10 pages

Reproductive emergencies

chapter 12|18 pages

Environmental emergencies

part |1 pages

PART 2 Critical care

chapter |1 pages

Care of critically ill animals

chapter 13|8 pages

Monitoring critical care patients

chapter 15|8 pages

Fluid therapy

chapter 18|20 pages

Techniques

chapter 1|3 pages

Conversion tables

chapter 2|2 pages

Calculation of a continuous rate infusion

chapter 3|11 pages

Intensive care unit drug formulary