BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Emergency and Critical Care

Emergency care is one of the most important areas of veterinary medicine. Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, the international editors and authors have revised and updated the manual to reflect the continued growth in knowledge in this vital area.

• New chapter on vascular access details the placement and maintenance of catheters
• New chapters on electrolyte abnormalities and acid-base imbalance, and transfusion medicine
• Stand alone chapter on analgesia
• Medical and surgical treatment by system

Contents
Triage of the emergency patient; Vascular access; Assessment and diagnosis of shock; Fluid therapy; Electrolyte and acid-base imbalance; Cardiovascular emergencies; General approach to dyspnoea; Renal and urinary tract emergencies; Neurological emergencies; Ophthalmological emergencies; Approach to gastrointestinal emergencies; Acute abdominal and gastrointestinal surgical emergencies; Haematological emergencies; Transfusion medicine; Reproductive and paediatric emergencies; Endocrine emergencies; Acute management of orthopaedic and external soft tissue injuries; Dermatological emergencies; Toxicological emergencies; Cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation; Anaesthesia and sedation of the critical patient; Analgesia in the critical patient; Nutritional support of the critical patient; Antibacterial therapy in the critical patient; Imaging techniques for the critical patient; Nursing care of the critical patient; Appendix; Index.

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Contributors
Sophie Adamantos, UK; Janet Aldrich, USA; Amy J. Alwood, USA; Frances Barr, UK; Amanda Boag, UK; Adrian Boswood, UK; Andrew J. Brown, USA; Dorothy Cimino Brown, USA; Edward Cooper, USA; Kenneth J. Drobatz, USA; Gary C. W. England, UK; Gillian R. Gibson, UK; Reid P. Groman, USA; Susan G. Hackner, USA; Richard Hammond, UK; Daniel Holden, UK; David Holt, USA; Dez Hughes, UK; Karyl J. Hurley, UK; Lesley G. King, USA; Sorrel J. Langley-Hobbs, UK; Sam N. Long, USA; Deborah C. Mandell, USA; Karol A. Mathews, Canada; Dawn Merton-Boothe, USA; Kathryn E. Michel, USA; William W. Muir, USA; Kate Murphy, UK; Matthew Pead, UK; Elisa A. Petrollini, USA; Robert H. Poppenga, USA; Petra J. Roosje, Switzerland; Marco Russo, Italy; Emily Savino, USA; Barbara J. Skelly, UK; Rebecca L. Stepien, USA; Charles H. Vite, USA; Lori S. Waddell, USA; Sheena M. Warman, UK.

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