Manual of Small Animal Surgical Therapeutics

Part 1 Techniques and perioperative care: general considerations in preoperative and intraoperative care; electrolyte and acid-base status in surgical diseases; antibiotic therapy; ventilation and the surgical patient; blood and blood component therapy in the cat and dog; surgical nutrition. Part 2 Management of the traumatized patient: physical examination of the traumatized patient; parenteral fluid therapy, resuscitation from low flow states, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; management of the contaminated wound; external coaptation and bandaging; radiographic evaluation of the traumatized patient. Part 3 Intraoperative care: operating room protocol; tissue care and handling; suture selection guide; recovery and postoperative monitoring. Part 4 Postoperative management: management of surgical complications - management of general complications, management of renal failure in the surgical patient; surgical infection; general nursing and client education.