Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XV, 1st Edition
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Written by todays leading experts, Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy, Volume XV keeps you completely current with the latest in disease management for dogs and cats. It uses a clear and practical approach to medical disorders; the typical chapter includes both a brief guide to diagnosis and a detailed discussion of therapy. Youll gain quick access to information such as critical care; infectious, toxicologic, and dermatologic disorders; and diseases of the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, neurologic,and ophthalmologic systems. From editors John Bonagura and David Twedt plus hundreds of expert contributors, Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy enhances your skills in evidence-based treatment planning.
"For the practitioner who wants to keep abreast of current therapies for a wide range of topics, … CVT is the perfect reference ." Reviewed by: Ryan Ong, WAVES Veterinary Hospital on behalf of Australian Veterinary Hospital, March 2015
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- Authoritative, easy-to-read coverage includes a brief approach to diagnosis with detailed discussions of the latest therapies.
- An organ-system organization and a convenient index make it easy to find solutions for specific disorders.
- Treatment algorithms help you manage patients with difficult medical problems.
- A handy Table of Common Drugs, updated by Dr. Mark Papich, offers a quick reference to dosage information.
- 365 illustrations depict the pathophysiologic basis for therapy or show the management of a defined condition.
- A companion website includes valuable information still relevant from CVT XIV, an index, and drug formulary, all fully searchable; a collection of 300 images; references that link to PubMed; and clinical references on laboratory test procedures and interpretation, normal reference ranges, conversion tables, and more.
- Concise chapters are only 2-5 pages in length, saving you time in finding essential information.
- Expert contributors and editors provide scientific, up-to-date coverage of clinically useful topics, including broad, traditional, and controversial subjects.
- References indicate related material from earlier volumes of Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy.
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- NEW chapters cover the most important, emerging information on current diagnostic, treatment, and preventive challenges in today’s veterinary practice.
- A new section on feline and canine nutrition covers important issues in nutritional health.
- 50 new chapter authors join hundreds of expert international contributors, all of whom are leading authorities in their fields.
- NEW! Availability as Pageburst ebook allows you digital access to this volume along with your library of other Elsevier references.
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Section I: Critical Care
1. Crystalloid Fluid Therapy
2. Colloid Fluid Therapy
3. Catecholamines in the Critical Care Patient
4. Shock
5. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
6. Drug Incompatibilities and Drug-Drug Interactions in the ICU Patient
7. Nutrition in Critical Care
8. Stabilization of the Patient with Respiratory Distress
9. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
10. Oxygen Therapy
11. Ventilator Therapy for the Critical Patient
12. Analgesia of the Critical Patient
13. Anesthesia for the Critical Care Patient
14. Hyperthermia and Heat-Induced Illness
15. Thromboelastography
16. Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency
17. Evaluation of Canine Orthopedic Trauma
18. Emergency Management of Open Fractures
19. Emergency Wound Management and Vacuum Assisted Wound Closure
Web Chapter 1. Acid-Base Disorders
Web Chapter 2. Drainage Techniques for the Septic Abdomen
Web Chapter 3. Gastric Dilation-Volvulus
Web Chapter 4. Pacing in the ICU Setting
Section II: Toxicologic Diseases
20. ASPCA Animal Poison Center Toxin Exposures for Pets
21. Toxin Exposures in Small Animals
22. Urban Legends of Toxicology: Fact and Fiction
23. Drugs Used to Treat Toxicoses
24. Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy
25. Human Drugs of Abuse and CNS Stimulants
26. Antidepressants and anxiolytics
27. Over-the-Counter Drug Toxicosis
28. Top 10 Toxic and Non-Toxic Household Plants
29. Herbal Hazards
30. Lawn and Garden Product Safety
31. Rodenticide Toxicoses
32. Insecticide Toxicoses
33. Pesticides: New Vertebrate Toxic Agents for Pest Species
34. Parasiticide Toxicoses: Avermectins
35. Human Foods with Pet Toxicoses: Alcohol to Xylitol
36. Automotive Toxins
37. Lead Toxicoses in Small Animals
38. Aflatoxicosis in Dogs
Web Chapter 5. Nephrotoxicants
Web Chapter 6. Reporting Adverse Events to the Food and Drug Administration – Center for Veterinary Medicine
Web Chapter 7. Respiratory Toxicants of Interest to Pet Owners
Web Chapter 8. Small Animal Poisoning: Additional Considerations Related to Legal Claims
Web Chapter 9. Sources of Help for Toxicoses
Web Chapter 10. Treatment of Animal Toxicoses: Regulatory Points to Consider
Section III: Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
39. Bilaterally Symmetrical Alopecia in Dogs
40. Imaging in Diagnosis of Endocrine Disorders
41. CIRCI: Evidence For and Against
42. Canine Hypothyroidism
43. Feline Hyperthyroidism and Renal Function
44. Canine Diabetes Mellitus
45. Diabetic Monitoring
46. Diet and Diabetes
47. Insulin Resistance
48. Feline Diabetes Mellitus
49. Feline Hypersomatotropism and Acromegaly
50. Occult Hyperadrenocorticism: Is It Real?
51. Canine Hyperadrenocorticism Therapy
52. Ectopic Acth Syndrome and Food-Dependent Hypercortisolism In Dogs
53. Canine Hypoadrenocorticism
54. Feline Hyperaldosteronism
55. Idiopathic Feline Hypercalcemia
56. Approach to Hypomagnesemia and Hypokalemia
57. Obesity
58. Approach to Hyperlipidemia
Web Chapter 11. Canine Hypercalcemia and Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Web Chapter 12. Clinical Use of the Vasopressin Analogue Desmopressin for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes Insipidus
Web Chapter 13. Complicated Diabetes Mellitus
Web Chapter 14. Complications and Concurrent Conditions Associated with Hypothyroidism in Dogs
Web Chapter 15. Diagnosis and Management of Large Pituitary Tumors in Dogs with Pituitary-Dependent Hyperadrenocorticism
Web Chapter 16. Differential Diagnosis of Hyperkalemia and Hyponatremia in Dogs and Cats
Web Chapter 17. Hyperadrenocorticism in Ferrets
Web Chapter 18. Interpretation of Endocrine Diagnostic Tests
Web Chapter 19. Medical Treatment of Feline Hyperthyroidism
Web Chapter 20. Nutritional Management of Feline Hyperthyroidism
Web Chapter 21. Radioiodine for Feline Hyperthyroidism
Web Chapter 22. Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
Web Chapter 23. Treatment of Insulinoma in the Dog, Cat and Ferret
Web Chapter 24. Treatment of Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in Cats Using Oral Hypoglycemic Agents
Section IV: Oncology and Hematology
59. Immunosuppressive Agents
60. Management of Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia in Dogs
61. Thrombocytopenia
62. von Willebrand's Disease and Other Hereditary Coagulopathies
63. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Diagnosis and Management
64. Hypercoagulable States
65. Lymphocytosis
66. Quality Control for the In-Clinic Laboratory
67. Transfusion Medicine: Best Practices
68. Bone Marrow Dyscrasias
69. Anticancer Drugs: New Drugs
70. Tumor Biopsy and Specimen Submission
71. Chemotherapy Handling and Safety
72. Treatment of Adverse Effects from Cancer Therapy
73. Cancer Immunotherapy
74. Advances in Radiation Therapy for Nasal Tumors
75. Malignant Effusions
76. Interventional Oncology
77. Nutritional Support of the Cancer Patient
78. Metronomic Chemotherapy
79. Drug Update: Toceranib
80. Drug Update: Masitinib
81. Oral Tumors
82. Perineal Tumors
83. Urinary Bladder Cancer
84. Mammary Cancer
85. Rescue Therapy for Canine Lymphoma
86. Plasma Cell Neoplasms
87. Osteosarcoma
88. Hemangiosarcoma
89. Thyroid Tumors
Web Chapter 25. Anticancer Drugs: New Drugs
Web Chapter 26. Blood Typing and Crossmatching
Web Chapter 27. Canine Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
Web Chapter 28. Collection of Specimens for Cytology
Web Chapter 29. Nasal Tumors
Web Chapter 30. Nonregenerative Anemias
Web Chapter 31. Pulmonary Neoplasia
Web Chapter 32. Surgical Oncology Principles
Section V: Dermatologic Diseases
90. Diagnostic Criteria for Canine Atopic Dermatitis
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