Small animal emergency care. Quick reference guide

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This handbook about small animal emergency care contains the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the most common emergencies seen in small animal practice, classified by organ systems. For each emergency, a definition of the condition that has caused the situation, its causes, the diagnostic approach, and the most appropriate treatment are provided. The goal is to provide an easily accessible quick reference guide to save valuable time during stressful emergency medical cases.

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Small Animal Emergency Care. Quick Reference Guide

This handbook about small animal emergency care contains the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the most common emergencies seen in small animal practice, classified by organ systems. For each emergency, a definition of the condition that has caused the situation, its causes, the diagnostic approach, and the most appropriate treatment is provided. The goal is to provide an easily accessible quick reference guide to save valuable time during stressful emergency medical cases.

Small Animal Emergency Care. Quick Reference Guide

Carlos Artero received his veterinary degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 1995 and performed an internship at the UAB Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 1996. He obtained a master’s degree in veterinary medicine and animal health in 2009 and a Ph.D. in veterinary medicine in 2014, both from the UAB. He has been director of the Postgraduate Programme in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care of the UAB since 2015.

He worked in private practice with a focus on emergency and critical care until 2006, the year he became an associate professor in the Animal Medicine and Surgery Department of the UAB School of Veterinary Medicine and director of the Emergency and Critical Care Unit at the UAB Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

He has written several publications and delivered conference presentations and lectures, both in Spain and internationally. In 2011, he and Lluis Bosch jointly published Small Animal Emergency Medicine, Volumes I and II (Editorial Servet).

Table of contents

1. Triage and initial assessment Remote triage In-person triage Primary assessment Secondary assessment 2. Cardiovascular emergencies Hypovolaemic shock Cardiopulmonary arrest Congestive heart failure Arrhythmias 3. Respiratory emergencies Upper airway obstruction Allergic bronchitis/feline asthma Pneumonia Pleural space diseases 4. Haematological emergencies Anaemia Coagulopathies 5. Gastrointestinal emergencies Gastric dilatation-volvulus Acute pancreatitis 6. Urological emergencies Acute renal failure Feline urethral obstruction 7. Neurological emergencies Seizures Cranioencephalic trauma (CET) 8. Metabolic emergencies Addisonian crisis Diabetic ketoacidosis 9. Reproductive emergencies Dystocia Pyometra 10. Environmental emergencies Heat stroke Hypothermia

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Editorial Servet; 1st edition (June 30, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8416818789
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8416818785
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.33 x 0.79 x 7.87 inches