ABSTRACT

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

CHAPTER 1 Shock Hypovolemic shock . . . . . . . 14 Sepsis/septic shock . . . . . . . . 17 Cardiogenic shock . . . . . . . . 19

resuscitation . . . . . . . . . . 22 Congestive heart failure in the

dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Congestive heart failure in

the cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Cardiac arrhythmias . . . . . . . 39 Pericardial effusion . . . . . . . . 52 Arterial thromboembolism . . .