E-raamat: Small Animal Critical Care Medicine - E-Book

This book/CD-ROM reference/text on diagnostic, therapeutic, procedural, and management issues of veterinary critical care medicine is for anyone working with critical patients in general practice clinics, specialty veterinary practices, and university teaching hospitals. It emphasizes interventional therapy, and addresses clinical findings, pathophysiology, clinical course, and prognosis for numerous conditions. The largest section of the book deals with organ systems. Other sections cover traumatic injuries, perioperative complications, diseases, intoxications, and pain management. The art program offers color procedure photos and images, plus b&w photos, anatomical illustrations, and diagnostic images. Other chapter learning features include key point boxes, cross references, and annotated suggested readings. The CD-ROM contains a more extensive list of references on pathophysiological mechanisms and pharmacokinetics. Silverstein teaches critical care at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital. Hopper teaches in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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.

• More than 150 recognized experts offer in-depth, authoritative guidance on clinical situations from a variety of perspectives.
• Consistent, user-friendly format ensures immediate access to essential information.
• Organ-system, problem-based approach incorporates only clinically relevant details.
• Features state-of-the-art invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and monitoring procedures, as well as an extensive section on pharmacology.
• Appendices provide conversion tables, continuous rate infusion determinations, reference ranges, and more.