Veterinary Emergency Medicine Secrets

Emergencies are the most common reason an animal owner seeks veterinary care. In such cases the veterinarian is challenged to evaluate, diagnose, and treat the animal, usually with little diagnostic data, and with time a pressing factor. This book presents the questions that the veterinarian is faced with in such situations and provides the answers. Though the book deals with emergencies in dogs and cats, there are also some pertinent questions and answers about critical care. The book contains 120 chapters. Major sections include: life-threatening emergencies, trauma, common primary complaints, ophthalmic emergencies, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, oncologic and hematologic emergencies, neurologic emergencies, metabolic emergencies, digestive emergencies, reproductive emergencies, urologic emergencies, toxicology, and emergency procedures. Features: * Focused questions and answers on emergency care enables the veterinarian to quickly find answers on virtually every emergency and critical care condition. Also features a section on procedures.
 
Emergencies are the most common reason an animal owner seeks veterinary care. In such cases the veterinarian is challenged to evaluate, diagnose, and treat the animal, usually with little diagnostic data, and with time a pressing factor. This book presents the questions that the veterinarian is faced with in such situations and provides the answers. Though the book deals with emergencies in dogs and cats, there are also some pertinent questions and answers about critical care. The book contains 120 chapters. Major sections include: life-threatening emergencies, trauma, common primary complaints, ophthalmic emergencies, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, oncologic and hematologic emergencies, neurologic emergencies, metabolic emergencies, digestive emergencies, reproductive emergencies, urologic emergencies, toxicology, and emergency procedures. Features: * Focused questions and answers on emergency care enables the veterinarian to quickly find answers on virtually every emergency and critical care condition. Also features a section on procedures.