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Hot Topics in Emergency and Critical Care, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

  • 1st Edition, Volume 55-3 - May 5, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Elisa M. Mazzaferro
  • Language: English

In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Hot Topics in Emergency and Criti… Read more

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In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Hot Topics in Emergency and Critical Care. Top experts discuss topics such as crystalloids versus colloids: same controversy, new information; current standards and practices in small animal mechanical ventilation; extracorporeal therapies in the emergency room and intensive care unit; controversies of and indications for the use of glucocorticoids in the ICU and the emergency room; and more.

Key features

  • Contains 9 relevant, practice-oriented topics including current and future practice in the diagnosis and management of sepsis and septic shock in small animals; medical and surgical management of ureteral obstructions; the use of biomarkers to track and treat critical illness; update on canine parvoviral enteritis; the microbiome in critical illness; and more
  • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on hot topics in emergency and critical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
  • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Readership

Veterinary medicine, veterinary emergency medicine, veterinary critical care

Table of contents

Crystalloids versus Colloids: Same Controversy, New Information
Current and Future Practice in the Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Small Animals
Update on Canine Parvoviral Enteritis
Controversies of and Indications for Use of Glucocorticoids in the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Room
The Microbiome in Critical Illness
The Use of Biomarkers to Track and Treat Critical Illness
Current Standards and Practices in Small Animal Mechanical Ventilation
Medical and Surgical Management of Ureteral Obstructions
Extracorporeal Therapies in the Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 55-3
  • Published: May 22, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Elisa M. Mazzaferro

Affiliations and expertise
Staff Criticalist, Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency-Critical Care, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, President, American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care, Stamford, CT, USA