Manual of Equine Emergencies: Treatment & Procedures - Softcover

Orsini DVM Dipl ACVS, James A.; Divers DVM Dipl ACVIM ACVECC, Thomas J.; Orsini, James A.; Divers, Thomas J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0721692982 ISBN 13: 9780721692982

Publisher: Saunders, 2002

Synopsis

Designed for ease of use in the clinical setting, this up-to-date resource provides all of the essential information needed on equine emergency medicine and surgery. Medical and surgical principles and procedures for all organs and body systems are presented in an easy-to-use format. Laboratory tests are described and include details on how to obtain the best samples and interpret test results.

Authored by experts in the field, this one-of-a-kind manual presents data on principles and procedures, organ system examination, neonatology, shock and temperature related problems, interpretation of lab tests, pharmacology and toxicology, and management of special problems.

• Presents the medical and surgical principles and procedures for all organs and body systems, including common signs of distress.
• Includes nutritional guidelines for each disease.
• Easy-to-use format includes a quick reference guide to the equipment needed to perform emergency procedures, treatments presented in at-a-glance outline format, and easy-to-read tables that summarize key information on poisons.
• Describes laboratory tests, including details on how to obtain the best samples and interpret test results.
• Offers coverage of not only common medical emergencies, but uncommon emergencies as well.
• Features useful appendices on normal clinical values, vaccination schedules, product manufacturers, and registry information for various breeds.

Includes new chapters on diagnostic ultrasound, pain management, fluid therapy, high-risk pregnancy, regional perfusion, aging guidelines/dentistry, esophagostomy, temporomandibular arthrocentesis, endoscopy of the navicular bursa, corneal scraping, nerve blocks of the eye, caudal epidural catheterization, blood coagulation disorders, emergency measurements of body fluids, and diseases seen in Europe.

Presents more than 100 new illustrations and 24 new color plates of GI disorders and toxic plants.

Features updated and expanded drug information, including dosages and drug reactions.

Thumb tabs mark chapter names and page bars make the drug dosage tables easier to locate.

"Must Know" information is called out with a new logo.

About this title

About the Authors

James A. Orsini, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Thomas J. Divers earned his DVM from the University of Georgia and completed an internship in large animal medicine at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Divers returned to the University of Georgia for a residency in large animal internal medicine and ambulatory practice and later worked for 2 years as an assistant professor in the large animal medicine and ambulatory practice at the college. Dr. Divers then moved to the University of Pennsylvania for 10 years, where he was an associate professor of large animal medicine and served as chief of the section of medicine at the New Bolton Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Currently Dr. Divers is Professor of Medicine and co-Chief of the Section of Large Animal Medicine at Cornell University. He has been the recipient of teaching awards at three universities, has received the Educator of the Year Award from both the AAEP and ACVECC and recently received the Cornell University Hospital for Animals Distinguished Service Award for service to referring veterinarians. He is a diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. He is co-author of three textbooks, has authored numerous book chapters, and has more than 190 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Dr. Divers is currently consulting editor of Veterinary Clinics of North America-Equine Practice. Dr. Divers’ current research focuses on newly discovered hepatitis viruses in horses. Other research activities have included bacterial and toxic causes of liver failure in horses, equine neurological diseases including equine motor neuron disease and equine protozoal myelitis, equine lyme disease, equine leptospirosis, diseases of the urinary system, and advances in internal medicine and critical care for horses, foals, and dairy cattle

Edition details

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0721692982
• ISBN 13: 9780721692982
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 896