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Advances in Small Animal Care, 2023
- 1st Edition, Volume 4-1 - September 29, 2023
- Editor: Philip H. Kass
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 1 7 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 1 8 - 5
Advances in Small Animal Care reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide veterinarians with the current clinical information they… Read more
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Contains 20 articles on such topics as training and rehabilitation of working and sporting dogs; controversies of and indications for use of glucocorticoids in the ICU and ER; access to care and the impact on veterinary medicine; preparing veterinarians to practice across the spectrum; and more.
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Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in small animal care, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Advances in Small Animal Care
- Contributors
- Preface
- SECTION I: REHABILITATION
- Gait Changes Resulting from Orthopedic and Neurologic Problems in Companion Animals: A Review
- Key points
- General features of gait
- Gait evaluation
- Gait changes secondary to orthopedic and neurologic problems
- Factors influencing gait analysis
- Gait analysis in a clinical setting
- Clinics care points
- Patient-Centered Physical Rehabilitation in Companion Animals
- Key points
- Introduction
- Patient-centered care models in human health care
- Challenges to framework development in veterinary medicine
- Recommended framework
- Communication
- Collaborative Goal Setting
- Shared Decision-Making
- Individualized Treatment Planning
- Biopsychosocial Perspective
- Respect and Empowerment
- Education
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Clinical Instruments for the Evaluation of Orthopedic Problems in Dogs and Human Patients, a Review
- Key points
- Psychometric properties of instruments
- General evaluation of dog health and mobility
- Joint-specific instruments
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Musculoskeletal Problems in Sporting Dogs
- Key points
- Training and conditioning
- Common dog sports
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- SECTION II: EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE
- Extracorporeal Therapies in the Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit
- Key points
- Introduction
- Toxin removal in the emergency room
- Toxin physicochemical properties
- Hemodialysis
- Summary/Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- The Use of Biomarkers to Track and Treat Critical Illness
- Key points
- Introduction
- Acute kidney injury
- Cardiac biomarkers
- Sepsis and inflammation
- Omics
- Endothelial function and the glycocalyx
- Clinics care points
- Controversies of and Indications for Use of Glucocorticoids in the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Room
- Key points
- Endogenous and exogenous corticosteroid formulations
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- The Microbiome in Critical Illness
- Key points
- Introduction–why the intestinal microbiota is important in critical illness
- Composition of the normal intestinal microbiota and its change in critically ill individuals
- Composition of the intestinal microbiota in critical illness
- Determinants and effects of intestinal dysbiosis in critically ill individuals
- Key aspects of intestinal dysbiosis in the critical care setting
- Modulation of the intestinal microbiota
- Summary and future directions
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- SECTION III: VETERINARIAN WELLNESS
- Early Career Veterinary Well-being and Solutions to Help Young Veterinarians Thrive
- Key points
- Introduction
- Solutions to help young veterinarians thrive
- Areas of future research
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Veterinarians’ Personality, Job Satisfaction, and Wellbeing
- Key points
- Literature review
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Practice Culture: The Golden Ticket to Increasing Well-Being in Practice
- Key points
- Introduction
- Significance
- Cultivating acceptance and value
- Being a part of something
- Performing together
- Behavioral modeling
- Inviting voice
- Productive response
- Discussion and future investigation
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- SECTION IV: ACCESS TO VETERINARY CARE
- Access to Veterinary Care–A National Family Crisis and Case for One Health
- Key points
- Introduction
- Access to veterinary care—the human costs
- Providers of family health care—a twenty-first century society paradigm
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Competency and Controversies Along the Spectrum of Care
- Key points
- Standard of care
- Spectrum of Care
- “Gold standard” care
- Money and the Spectrum of Care; redefining success?
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Keeping current
- When to head “left” on the spectrum
- Disclosure
- Supplementary data
- Preparing Veterinarians to Practice Across the Spectrum of Care: An Integrated Educational Approach
- Key points
- Introduction
- “Brick” example: communication
- “Brick” example: clinical reasoning: integrating context with diagnostic and treatment planning
- The mortar
- Summary
- Conflicts of interest
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 4-1
- Published: September 29, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443184178
- eBook ISBN: 9780443184185
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