Clinical Reasoning in Small Animal Practice

Dr Jill E. Maddison BVSc, DipVetClinStud, PhD, FACVSc, MRCVS is Director of Professional Development, Extra Mural Studies and General Practice at The Royal Veterinary College, UK. Jill is actively involved in undergraduate teaching at the RVC in the areas of clinical problem solving and inductive clinical reasoning in small animal medicine and clinical pharmacology for veterinary students and nurses. She has published over 60 refereed papers in veterinary and medical journals and has been invited to speak at numerous international CPD meetings. In April 2012 she became the chair of the WSAVA Continuing Education (CE) Committee which facilitates CE for veterinarians in developing countries. Jill has been responsible for programming the clinical CPD streams at The London Vet Show since its launch in 2009.

Professor Holger A. Volk DVM, PGCAP, DipECVN, PhD, FHEA, MRCVS is Clinical Director of the Small Animal Referral Hospital and Professor of Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Royal Veterinary College, UK. He is a Recognised RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology, and President of the European College of Veterinary Neurology from 2014-2016. He is fascinated by and involved in facilitating learning for any type or level of learners. He is a frequent speaker at national and international meetings, is section editor of multiple basic and clinical veterinary science journals and is widely published in scholarly journals.

Professor David B. Church BVSc, PhD, MACVSc, FHEA, MRCVS is the Vice Principal for Learning and the Student Experience at The Royal Veterinary College, UK. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and book chapters and has an ongoing interest in relevant continuing education for practitioners and in particular the value of the problem-oriented approach to small animal medicine.

Contributors vii

Foreword (Stephen May) ix

1 Introduction to problem-based inductive clinical reasoning 1
Jill E. Maddison & Holger A. Volk

2 Vomiting and regurgitation 23
Jill E. Maddison

3 Diarrhoea 39
Jill E. Maddison

4 Weight loss 55
Jill E. Maddison

5 Abdominal enlargement 65
Jill E. Maddison

6 Weakness 75
Holger A. Volk David B. Church & Jill E. Maddison

7 Fit collapse or strange episodes 97
Holger A. Volk

8 Sneezing dyspnoea coughing and other respiratory signs 125
David B. Church

9 Anaemia 155
Jill E. Maddison
10 Jaundice 167
Jill E. Maddison

11 Bleeding 175
Jill E. Maddison

12 Polyuria/polydipsia and/or impaired urine concentration 191
Jill E. Maddison & David B. Church

13 Gait abnormalities 211
Holger A. Volk & Elvin Kulendra

14 Pruritus and scaling 241
Andrea Volk & Jill E. Maddison

Index 255