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Small Animal Internal Medicine

  • 4th Edition - December 2, 2008
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Richard W. Nelson, C. Guillermo Couto
  • Language: English

Learn to effectively recognize, diagnose, and treat common internal medical conditions with this invaluable reference. Small Animal Internal Medicine, Fourth Edition, emphasizes… Read more

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Learn to effectively recognize, diagnose, and treat common internal medical conditions with this invaluable reference. Small Animal Internal Medicine, Fourth Edition, emphasizes practical diagnostic approaches and focuses on the clinically relevant aspects of patient medical management. Extensive color illustrations, boxes, and algorithms, plus new photographs, schematic representations, and updated tables, set this book apart. With its highly functional design and clear, expert voice, this text delivers the most relevant information for the internal medical challenges you’re most likely to face.

Key features

  • Utilizes a problem-oriented approach, beginning with a discussion of clinical signs and diagnostic recommendations and techniques and moving on to therapeutic considerations and management
  • Each contributor is a recognized expert in his or her respective specialty.
  • Limited number of authors provides consistency.
  • Clear, step-by-step procedural guidelines thoroughly describe each procedure.
  • Cross-referencing throughout the book reduces redundancy and makes information easy to locate.
  • Suggested readings at the end of each chapter alert you to the latest research findings.
  • Comprehensive drug tables provide recommended dosages and indications.
  • Purposefully written to enhance critical thinking and decision-making skills based on clinical findings.
  • Hundreds of summary boxes and tables allow quick access to clinical signs, etiology, differential diagnoses, drugs, and treatment.
  • Full-color format brings you accurate visual depictions of specific disorders, diseases, and procedures.

Table of contents

PART ONE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISORDERS


Wendy A. Ware



1 Clinical Manifestations of Cardiac Disease


2 Diagnostic Tests for the Cardiovascular System


3 Management of Heart Failure


4 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Antiarrhythmic Therapy


5 Congenital Cardiac Disease


6 Acquired Valvular and Endocardial Disease


7 Myocardial Disease of the Dog


8 Myocardial Disease of the Cat


9 Pericardial Disease and Cardiac Tumors


10 Heartworm Disease


11 Systemic Arterial Hypertension


12 Thromboembolic Disease


PART TWO RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS


Eleanor C. Hawkins



13 Clinical Manifestations of Nasal Disease


14 Diagnostic Tests for the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses


15 Disorders of the Nasal Cavity


16 Clinical Manifestations of Laryngeal and Pharyngeal Disease


17 Diagnostic Tests for the Larynx and Pharynx


18 Disorders of the Larynx and Pharynx


19 Clinical Manifestations of Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders


20 Diagnostic Tests for the Lower Respiratory Tract


21 Disorders of the Trachea and Bronchi


22 Disorders of the Pulmonary Parenchyma and Vasculature


23 Clinical Manifestations of the Pleural Cavity and Mediastinal Disease


24 Diagnostic Tests for the Pleural Cavity and Mediastinum


25 Disorders of the Pleural Cavity


26 Emergency Management of Respiratory Distress


27 Ancillary Therapy: Oxygen Supplementation and Ventilation


PART THREE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS


Michael D. Willard



28 Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disorders


29 Diagnostic Tests for the Alimentary Tract


30 General Therapeutic Principles


31 Disorders of the Oral Cavity, Pharynx, and Esophagus


32 Disorders of the Stomach


33 Disorders of the Intestinal Tract


34 Disorders of the Peritoneum


PART FOUR HEPATOBILIARY AND EXOCRINE PANCREATIC DISORDERS


Penny J. Watson

Susan E. Bunch



35 Clinical Manifestations of Hepatobiliary Disease


36 Diagnostic Tests for the Hepatobiliary System


37 Hepatobiliary Diseases in the Cat


38 Hepatobiliary Diseases in the Dog


39 Treatment of Complications of Hepatic Failure


40 The Exocrine Pancreas


PART FIVE URINARY TRACT DISORDERS


Gregory F. Grauer



41 Clinical Manifestations of Urinary Disorders


42 Diagnostic Tests for the Urinary System


43 Glomerulonephropathies


44 Acute Renal Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease


45 Urinary Tract Infections


46 Canine Urolithiasis


47 Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease


48 Disorders of Micturition


PART SIX ENDOCRINE DISORDERS


Richard W. Nelson



49 Disorders of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland


50 Disorders of the Parathyroid Gland


51 Disorders of the Thyroid Gland


52 Disorders of the Endocrine Pancreas


53 Disorders of the Adrenal Gland


PART SEVEN METABOLIC AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS


Richard W. Nelson

Sean J. Delaney

Denise A. Elliott



54 Disorders of Metabolism


Sean J. Delaney

Denise A. Elliott



55 Electrolyte Imbalances


Richard W. Nelson


PART EIGHT REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS



Cheri A. Johnson



56 Disorders of the Estrous Cycle


57 Disorders of the Vagina and Uterus


58 False Pregnancy, Disorders of Pregnancy and Parturition, and Mismating


59 Postpartum and Mammary Disorders


60 Disorders of Male Fertility


61 Disorders of the Penis, Prepuce, and Testes


62 Disorders of the Prostate Gland


PART NINE NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS


Susan M. Taylor



63 Lesion Localization and the Neurologic Examination


64 Diagnostic Tests for the Neuromuscular System


65 Intracranial Disorders


66 Loss of Vision and Pupillary Abnormalities


67 Seizures


68 Head Tilt


69 Encephalitis, Myelitis, and Meningitis


70 Disorders of the Spinal Cord


71 Disorders of Peripheral Nerves and the Neuromuscular Junction


72 Disorders of Muscle


PART TEN JOINT DISORDERS


Susan M. Taylor



73 Clinical Manifestations of and Diagnostic Tests for Joint Disorders


74 Disorders of the Joints


PART ELEVEN ONCOLOGY


C. Guillermo Couto



75 Cytology


76 Principles of Cancer Treatment


77 Practical Chemotherapy


78 Complications of Cancer Chemotherapy


79 Approach to the Patient with a Mass


80 Lymphoma in the Cat and Dog


81 Leukemias


82 Selected Neoplasms in Dogs and Cats


PART TWELVE HEMATOLOGY


C. Guillermo Couto



83 Anemia


84 Erythrocytosis


85 Leukopenia and Leukocytosis


86 Combined Cytopenias and Leukoerythroblastosis


87 Disorders of Hemostasis


88 Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly


89 Hyperproteinemia


90 Fever of Undetermined Origin


91 Recurrent Infections


PART THIRTEEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES


Michael R. Lappin



92 Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases


93 Practical Antimicrobial Chemotherapy


94 Prevention of Infectious Diseases


95 Polysystemic Bacterial Diseases


96 Polysystemic Rickettsial Diseases


97 Polysystemic Viral Diseases


98 Polysystemic Mycotic Infections


99 Polysystemic Protozoal Infections


100 Zoonoses


PART FOURTEEN IMMUNOLOGY


J. Catharine Scott-Moncrieff



101 Pathogenesis of Immune-Mediated Disorders


102 Diagnostic Testing for Autoimmune Disease


103 Treatment of Primary Immune-Mediated Diseases


104 Common Immune-Mediated Diseases

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 2, 2008
  • Language: English

About the authors

RN

Richard W. Nelson

Affiliations and expertise
Dipl ACVIM, Professor, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA

CC

C. Guillermo Couto

Affiliations and expertise
Dipl ACVIM, Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chief, Oncology/Hematology Service, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH