Feline Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (eBook)

The Editors Kenneth J. Drobatz is Professor and Chief of Critical Care and Director of the Emergency Service at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Erica Reineke is Associate Professor in the Section of Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Merilee F. Costello is a Critical Care Specialist at a Private Specialty Hospital. William T. N. Culp is Professor at the University of California School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, California, USA.

1. Approach to the Critically Ill Cat

2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

3. Shock

4. Trauma

5. Anesthesia for Critically Ill Feline Patient

6. Anesthetic Protocols For Systemically Healthy Cats

7. Analgesia in the Critically Ill Cat

8. Fluid Therapy

9. Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Feline Patient

10. Respiratory Emergencies and Pleural Space Disease

11. Upper Airway Disease

12. Lower Airway Disease

13. Parenchymal Disease

14. Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of Feline Cardiac Emergencies

15. Management of Specific Cardiac Diseases

16. Management of Thromboembolic Disease Secondary to Heart Failure

17. Arrhythmias

18. General Approach to the Acute Abdomen

19. Diagnostic Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Conditions

20. Management of Specific Gastrointestinal Conditions

21. Urologic Emergencies - General Approach: Diagnostic Evaluation, Monitoring, and

Therapeutic Techniques for the Urological System

22. Urologic Emergencies: Ureters, Bladder, Urethra, GN, and CKD

23. Acute Kidney Injury

24. General Approach and Overview of the Neurologic Cat

25. Neurologic Emergencies: Brain

26. Neurologic Emergencies: Spinal Cord

27. Neurologic Emergencies: Peripheral

28. Hematologic Emergencies: Bleeding

29. Hematologic Emergencies: Anemia

30. Management of Specific Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases: Diabetes Mellitus

31. Management of Specific Endocrine and Metabolic Disease: Other

32. Electrolyte Disorders

33. Reproductive Emergencies

34. Pediatric Emergencies

35. Feline Geriatric Emergencies

36. Ocular Emergencies

37. Dermatologic Emergencies

38. Toxicological Emergencies

39. Environmental Emergencies

40. Common Technical Procedures in the ER

41. Creating a minimal stress emergency environment

42. Surgical Section

42.1 Emergency Gastrointestinal Surgery

42.2 Emergency Urinary Surgery

42.3 Emergency Hepatobiliary Surgery

42.4 Emergency Reproductive Surgery

42.5 Emergency Traumatic and Reconstructive Surgery

42.6 Emergency Ophthalmic Surgery42 Surgical SectionMaureen A. Griffin and William T. N. Culp42.1 Emergency Gastrointestinal Surgery 55142.2 Emergency Urinary Surgery 56042.3 Emergency Hepatobiliary Surgery 57042.4 Emergency Reproductive Surgery 57642.5 Emergency Traumatic and Reconstructive Surgery 58242.6 Emergency Ophthalmic Surgery 591