Emergency medicine. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Justine A. Lee, Lisa L. Powell.
• Other Names: Lee, Justine A; Powell, Lisa L
• Contents: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Forthcoming Issues; Emergency Medicine; Monitoring of the Emergent Small Animal Patient; Key points; Respiratory (airway and breathing); Cardiovascular system (circulation); Blood pressure monitoring; Neurologic assessment (dysfunction); Temperature; Body weight; Urine output; Minimum database monitoring; Lactate; Coagulation testing; Central venous pressure; Capnography; Colloid osmotic pressure; Summary; Fluid Therapy for the Emergent Small Animal Patient; Key points; Total body water and fluid compartments within the body. Goals of fluid therapyCrystalloid fluids; Hypertonic saline; Sodium; Chloride; Potassium; Magnesium; Calcium; Buffers; Dextrose; Maintenance fluid requirements; Dehydration; Hypovolemia; Colloid osmotic pressure; Colloid solutions; Natural colloids; Synthetic colloids; Summary; Transfusion Medicine in Small Animals; Key points; Blood donor screening; Advances in blood typing; Crossmatching; Transfusion collection and administration; Blood components; RBC products; Plasma products; Platelet products; Risks of transfusion products; Summary. Emergency Management and Treatment of the Poisoned Small Animal PatientKey points; Obtaining an appropriate history; When to decontaminate; Activated charcoal (AC); Multidose AC; Diagnostic testing; Treatment; Summary; The Use of Ultrasound for Dogs and Cats in the Emergency Room; Key points; Introduction to focused assessment with sonography for trauma; AFAST for blunt trauma: detection of free fluid; AFAST for blunt trauma: determining the cause of injury; AFAST for penetrating trauma; AFAST and AFS scanning technique; AFAST beyond blunt abdominal trauma-induced injury. TFAST for blunt and penetrating trauma: detection of free air and free fluidPerforming the TFAST3 examination: now a five-point scan; Patient preparation and positioning for TFAST3 and Vet Blue; The diagnosis of PTX: the TFAST3 CTS; Using the lung point for the degree of PTX: partial versus massive; The diagnosis of lung contusions; The diagnosis of chest wall pathology: the step sign; The diagnosis of pleural and pericardial effusion; The diagnosis of cardiac tamponade; The Vet Blue lung scan; The use of Vet Blue and lung ultrasound: principles and assumptions. The use of regionally based Vet Blue findings: diagnosing and monitoring lung conditionsThe future of small animal lung ultrasound; The use of TFAST3 and Vet Blue: cardiovascular assessment; The use of global FAST3: monitoring hospitalized, critically ill patients, and at-risk patients; Templates for medical records and terminology; Summary; Management of Respiratory Emergencies in Small Animals; Key points; Upper airway disease; Lower airway disease; Pulmonary parenchymal disease; Pleural space disease; Profiling and pattern recognition; Pertinent history; Initial assessment and action steps.
• Publisher Details: London : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (687 pages)
• Subjects: 636.0896025; Veterinary emergencies; Veterinary surgical emergencies; Veterinary medicine; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry; Veterinary emergencies; Veterinary medicine; Veterinary surgical emergencies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323185936; 0323185932
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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