From medical disorders to toxicology to infectious disease, Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XIV includes the most up-to-date information from leading experts in the veterinary field with over 260 new chapters. The user-friendly format presents content clearly to help you easily find the information you need and put it in practice. Selective lists of references and suggested readings provide opportunities for further research, and the Companion CD includes helpful information from the previous volume that still applies to current practice.
- Authoritative, reliable information on diagnosis includes details on the latest therapies.
- An organ-system organization makes it easy to find solutions for specific disorders.
- Concise chapters are only 2-5 pages in length, saving you time in finding essential information.
- Well-known writers and editors provide accurate, up-to-date coverage of important topics.
- A convenient Table of Common Drugs, updated by Dr. Mark Papich, offers a quick reference to dosage information.
- Cross-references to the previous edition make it easy to find related information that remains valid and current.
- A list of references and suggested readings is included at the end of most chapters.
- A fully searchable companion Evolve website adds chapters from Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XIII, with information that has not changed significantly since its publication. It also includes an image collection with over 300 images, and references linked to PubMed. Useful appendices on the website provide a virtual library of valuable clinical references on laboratory test procedures and interpretation, normal reference ranges, body fluid analyses, conversion tables, nutritional profiles, a drug formulary, and more.
- More than 260 new chapters keep you at the leading edge of veterinary therapy.
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978-1-4377-1152-3 (9781437711523)
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Section 1: Critical Care1.Shock2.Acute Pain Management3.Nutrition in Critical Care4.Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy5.Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation6.Traumatic Brain Injury7.Vascular Access Techniques8.Pacing in the Critical Care Setting9.Fluid Therapy10.Acid-Base Disorders11.Colloid Fluid Therapy12.Acute Abdomen: Evaluation and Emergency Treatment13.Drainage Techniques for the Septic Abdomen14.Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus15.Emergency Management of Open Fractures16.Thoracic Trauma17.Intravenous Anesthetic and Analgesic TechniquesSection 2: Toxicologic Disorders18.Toxin Exposures in Small Animals19.Toxins Seen in Emergency Clinics20.Reporting an Adverse Drug Reaction to the FDA21.Sources of Help for Toxicosis Cases22.Small Animal Poisoning: Additional Considerations Related to Legal Claims23.Urban Legends of Toxicology-Facts and Fiction24.Toxicosis Treatments25.Rodenticide Toxicoses26.Insecticide Toxicoses27.Parasiticide Toxicoses: Avermectins28.Lead Toxicosis in Small Animals29.Automotive Toxins 30.Nicotine Toxicosis31.Recently Recognized Animal Toxicants32.Human Drugs of Abuse33.Toxicology of Veterinary and Human Estrogen and Progesterone Formulations in Dogs34.Herbal Hazards35.Aflatoxicosis in Dogs36.Nephrotoxins37.Food Toxicoses in Small AnimalsSection 3: Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases38.Interpretation of Endocrine Diagnostic Test Results for Adrenal and Thyroid Disease39.Medical Treatment of Hyperthyroidism40.Radiodidine for Hyperthyroidism41.Hypothyroidism42.Obesity43.Canine Diabetes Mellitus44.Feline Diabetes Mellitus45.Diet and Diabetes46.Diabetic Monitorinq47.Complicated Diabetes Mellitus48.Atypical and Subclinical Hyperadrenocorticism49.Hyperadrenocorticism50.Adrenal Insufficiency in Critical Illness51.Hypoadrenocoticism52.Idiopathic Hypercalcemia in Cats53.Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism54.Hypercalcemia and Primary Hyperparathyroidism in DogsSection 4: Hematology, Oncology, Immunology55.Immunosuppressive Agents56.Blood Typing and Cross-Matching57.Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia58.Nonregenerative Anemias59.von Willebrand's Disease and Other Hereditary Coagulopathies60.Thrombocytopenia61.DIC Diagnosis and Management62.Platelet Dysfunction63.Clinical Trials in Veterinary Oncology64.Collection of Specimens for Cytology65.Anticancer Drugs and Protocols - Traditional Drugs66.Anticancer Drugs - New Drugs67.Radiation Therapy68.Surgical Oncology Principles69.Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas70.Hemangiosarcoma71.Feline Vaccine Associated Sarcoma72.Canine Lymphoma73.Feline Gastrointestinal Lymphoma74.Paraneoplastic Hypercalcemia75.Malignant Histiocytosis76.Nasal Tumors77.Pulmonary Neoplasia78.Osteosarcoma79.Mammary Cancer80.Urinary Bladder Cancer81.Mast Cell Tumor82.Malignant Melanoma83.Anal Sac TumorsSection 5: Dermatologic Diseases84.Cyclosporine Use in Dermatology85.Interferons86.Avermectins in Dermatology87.Hypoallergenic Diets- Principles of Therapy88.Pentoxifylline89.Glucocorticoids in Dermatology90.Pruritis Therapy in the Cat 91.Shampoo Therapy92.Allergen-specific Immunotherapy93.Topical Immune Modulatorsv94.Dust Mites and Their Control95.Topical Therapy of Otitis Externa96.Systemic Therapy for Otitis Externa and Media97.Ear Flushing Techniques98.Feline Demodecosis99.Feline Viral Skin Diseases100.Canine Papillomaviruses101.Pyotraumatic Dermatitis (Hot Spots) 102.Methicillin Resistant Canine Pyoderma103.Sebaceous Adenitis104.Malassezia Therapy105.Treatment of Dermatophytosis in Dogs and Cats106.Canine Cutaneous Histiocytic Diseases107.Anal Sac Diseases108.Acral Lick DermatitisSection 6: Gastrointestinal Diseases109.Feline Stomatitis Faucitis110.Dysphasia111.Esophagitis112.Megaesophagus113.Helicobacter Gastritis114.Gastric Ulceration 115.Inflammatory Bowel Disease116.Tylosin Responsive Diarrhea117.Trichomonas118.Protein-Losing Enteropathy119.Chronic Colitis in Dogs and Cats120.
