Small Animal Critical Care Medicine

By Kate Hopper, Deborah C. Silverstein, Kate Hopper

Small Animal Critical Care Medicine is a comprehensive, concise guide to critical care, encompassing not only triage and stabilization, but also the entire course of care during the acute medical crisis and high-risk period. This clinically oriented manual assists practitioners in providing the highest standard of care for ICU patients.

"The second edition of Small Animal Critical Care Medicine should be somewhere in everyone's clinic, whether a first-line practice or a specialized clinic."
Reviewed by: Kris Gommeren on behalf of the European Journal of Companion Animal Practice, Oct 2015Over 200 concise chapters are thoroughly updated to cover all of the clinical areas needed for evaluating, diagnosing, managing, and monitoring a critical veterinary patientMore than 150 recognized experts offer in-depth, authoritative guidance on emergency and critical care clinical situations from a variety of perspectivesA problem-based approach focuses on clinically relevant detailsPractical, user-friendly format makes reference quick and easy with summary tables, boxes highlighting key points, illustrations, and algorithmic approaches to diagnosis and managementHundreds of full-color illustrations depict various emergency procedures such as chest tube placementAppendices offer quick access to the most often needed calculations, conversion tables, continuous rate infusion determinations, reference ranges, and moreAll-NEW chapters include Minimally Invasive Diagnostics and Therapy, T-FAST and A-FAST, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS), Sepsis, Physical Therapy Techniques, ICU Design and Management, and Communication Skills and Grief CounselingNEW Coverage of basic and advanced mechanical ventilation helps you in deliver high-quality care to patients with respiratory failureNEW Coverage of increasingly prevalent problems seen in the Intensive Care Unit includes multidrug-resistant bacterial infections and coagulation disordersNEW chapters on fluid therapy and transfusion therapy provide information on how to prevent complications and maximize resourcesUPDATED coagulation section includes chapters on hypercoagulability, platelet function and testing, anticoagulant therapy, and hemostatic drugs

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455703060
• ISBN13: 9781455703067
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1152 Pages
• Weight: 7.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 8.6" x 10.9"