CHAPTER 6Electrolytes Linda Barton1 and Rebecca Kirby2 1 BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Medicine for Pets, Renton, Washington 2 (Formerly) Animal Emergency Center, Gainesville, Florida Introduction Electrolytes are substances that dissociate…
CHAPTER 14White blood cells, immune status, and antimicrobial stewardship Carol E. Haak Milwaukee, Wisconsin Introduction Life or death in the critically ill small animal patient is often the result of…
CHAPTER 8Oxygenation and ventilation Christin Reminga and Lesley G. King† University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Introduction Lungs allow the exchange of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) between blood and…
CHAPTER 9Coagulation Andrew Linklater Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Introduction Coagulation is the ever‐present dynamic process of changing liquid blood into a semisolid mass (clot) within the vasculature. The coagulation…
CHAPTER 10Red blood cells and hemoglobin Andrew Linklater1 and Veronica Higgs2 1 Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2 Metropolitan Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Services, Louisville, Kentucky Introduction Alterations in the…
CHAPTER 16Nutritional status Caroline Tonozzi VCA Aurora Animal Hospital, Aurora, Illinois Introduction Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. (Jean Anthelme Brillat‐Savarin, 18th century)…
CHAPTER 19Pain management Armi Pigott Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Introduction Pain has been defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage [1]….
CHAPTER 1An introduction to SIRS and the Rule of 20 Rebecca Kirby (Formerly) Animal Emergency Center, Gainesville, Florida Introduction to the Rule of 20 and inflammatory response syndromes Heat stroke,…
CHAPTER 3Blood pressure Lauren Sullivan Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Introduction Blood pressure is a measure of the force exerted by blood on the arterial wall. Measurement of arterial…
