Chapter 144 Ascites and Hepatic Encephalopathy Therapy for Liver Disease Nick Bexfield, Cambridge, Great Britain Ascites Pathophysiology Ascites is the accumulation of fluid within the peritoneal cavity, and in liver disease…
Chapter 141 Acute Liver Failure Sharon A. Center, Ithaca, New York Acute liver failure (ALF) is an uncommon, rapidly progressive, often lethal condition reflecting sudden, or perceptively sudden, severe hepatocellular necrosis…
Chapter 76 Interventional Oncology William T.N. Culp, Davis, California Chick Weisse, New York, New York Although surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy (RT) are being offered in many practices and are the foundations…
Chapter 134 Canine Colitis Kenneth W. Simpson, Ithaca, New York Alison C. Manchester, Ithaca, New York The term colitis frequently is used to describe the clinical syndrome characterized by bloody mucoid diarrhea…
Chapter 181 Arterial Thromboembolism Daniel F. Hogan, West Lafayette, Indiana Background Arterial thromboembolism (ATE) is a sudden interruption of arterial blood flow caused by thrombotic material that is derived from a…
Chapter 179 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Kathryn M. Meurs, Raleigh, North Carolina The condition previously known as boxer cardiomyopathy is now more commonly referred to as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)….
Chapter 178 Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs Amara H. Estrada, Gainesville, Florida Herbert W. Maisenbacher, III, Gainesville, Florida Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a myocardial disease characterized by primary systolic dysfunction of the left…
Web Chapter 30 Nonregenerative Anemias Douglas J. Weiss, St. Paul, Minnesota Evaluation of Nonregenerative Anemias Nonregenerative anemias are caused by a variety of primary and secondary disease processes that must be…
Chapter 129 Protozoal Gastrointestinal Disease Jody L. Gookin, Raleigh, North Carolina Michael R. Lappin, Fort Collins, Colorado Tritrichomonas foetus Dietary trials, homeopathic remedies, corticosteroids, and most classes of antimicrobial drugs have been…
Web Chapter 31 Pulmonary Neoplasia Kevin A. Hahn, Topeka, Kansas Sandra M. Axiak-Bechtel, Columbia, Missouri Lung Pathology and Natural Behavior The incidence of primary lung tumors in the dog and cat is…
