Small Animal Practice Client Handouts

Section 1: Procedures and Techniques Section Editor: Rhea V. Morgan, DVM, DACVIM, DACVO Amputation, Limb Arthrodesis Blood Pressure Measurement, Indirect Bone Marrow Aspiration and Evaluation Bronchoscopy Castration of the Male Cat Castration of the Male Dog Chemotherapy and Your Pet Dialysis Echocardiography Electrocardiography - Intermittent and Continuous Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy Fluid Therapy Fracture Repair: Casts and Splints Fracture Repair: External Skeletal Fixation Fracture Repair: Internal Fixation Laboratory Tests of Kidney Function Nutritional Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Oxygen Therapy Physical Rehabilitation Preoperative Evaluation Sterilization of the Female Dog Sterilization of the Female Cat Subcutaneous Fluid Administration Total Hip Arthroplasty Transfusion Therapy in Dogs Transfusion Therapy in Cats Treatment of Resistant Seizures Treatment of Seizures Triple Pelvic Osteotomy for Hip Dysplasia Section 2: Cardiovascular System Section Editor: Rebecca Gompf, DVM, MS, ACVIM (Cardiology) Aortic Stenosis Arterial Thromboembolism, Peripheral Atrial Premature Contractions and Tachycardia Atrial Fibrillation Atrioventricular Valve Degeneration in Dogs Cardiac Tumors Cardiomyopathy, Boxer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs, Left -Sided Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Cats Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs Endocarditis Heartworm Disease in Cats Heartworm Disease in Dogs Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Cats Occult Cardiomyopathy in Doberman Pinschers Patent Ductus Arteriosus Pericardial Effusion Peritoneopericardial Diaphragmatic Hernia Persistent right aortic arch Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonic Stenosis Right -Sided Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs Second and Third Degree Heart Block Sick Sinus Syndrome and Atrial Standstill Sinus Arrhythmia Sinus Bradycardia Systemic Hypertension Tetralogy of Fallot Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Dysplasia Ventricular and Atrial Septal Defects Ventricular Fibrillation and Cardiac Arrest Ventricular Premature Contractions and Tachycardia Section 3: Respiratory System Section Editor: Ronald M. Bright, DVM, MSD, ACVS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Allergic Bronchitis in Cats Allergic Bronchitis in Dogs Brachycephalic Syndrome Bronchitis, Acute Bronchitis, Chronic Bullous Lung Disease Diaphragmatic Hernia Flail Chest Laryngeal Collapse in Dogs Laryngeal Paralysis Laryngitis and Tracheitis Laryngeal and Tracheal Neoplasia Lung Lobe Torsion Lung Tumors Mediastinal Masses Nasal and Nasopharyngeal Polyps in Cats Nasal Tumors, Malignant Pleural Effusion Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, Bacterial Pneumonia, Fungal Pneumothorax Pulmonary Contusions Pulmonary Edema Rhinoscopy Rhinitis/Sinusitis in Cats Rhinitis/Sinusitis in Dogs Tracheal Collapse in Dogs Tracheal Obstruction Tracheal Trauma Section 4: Neurologic System Section Editors: Courtenay F. Ratterree, DVM; Marc Kent, DVM, DACVIM (Internal Medicine/Neurology); Scott J Schatzberg, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology), PhD Atlantoaxial Subluxation in the Dog Botulism Brachial Plexus Avulsion Brain Tumors Canine Distemper Neurologic Disease Caudal Occipital (Chiari-like) Malformation and Syringohydromyelia Degenerative Myelopathy Discospondylitis Fibrocartilaginous Embolic Myelopathy Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis and Necrotizing Encephalitis Head Trauma Hydrocephalus Idiopathic Epilepsy Idiopathic Facial Nerve Paralysis Idiopathic Peripheral Vestibular Disease Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuropathy Intervertebral Disc Disease Ischemic Brain Injury (Stroke) Lumbosacral Disease, Degenerative Myasthenia gravis Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Polyradiculoneuritis in Dogs, Acute Seizures: Causes and Diagnosis Spinal Cord Trauma Spinal Tumors Spondylosis Deformans Steroid Responsive Meningeal Arteritis Tick Paralysis Tremor Syndrome Caudal Cervical Spondylopathy (Wobbler Syndrome) Section 5: Digestive System Section Editor: Craig G.