CHAPTER 39 Genetic Screening of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Kathryn M. Meurs CHAPTER OUTLINE Etiology 406 Maine Coon Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 406 Ragdoll Cardiomyopathy 407 Mutation Screening 407 Epidemiology 408 Breeding Recommendations…
CHAPTER 25 Hyperthyroidism and the Kidneys Thomas K. Graves CHAPTER OUTLINE Renal Function in Hyperthyroidism 268 Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism in Cats with Kidney Disease 268 Can Posttreatment Renal Insufficiency Be…
CHAPTER 48 Survival and Outcome of Kidney Disease Cathy E. Langston CHAPTER OUTLINE Chronic Kidney Disease 483 Factors Affecting Survival 483 Treatment 485 Disease-Specific Survival 486 Acute Kidney Injury 486…
CHAPTER 28 Diabetic Emergencies Rebecka S. Hess CHAPTER OUTLINE Definition and Pathophysiology of Diabetic Ketoacidosis 297 Definition and Pathophysiology of the Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State 298 Risk Factors for DKA or…
CHAPTER 38 Cardiac Blood Tests Mark A. Oyama CHAPTER OUTLINE Natriuretic Peptides 401 Detection of Underlying Heart Disease 401 Assessment of Disease Severity 402 Detecting Heart Failure in the Cat…
CHAPTER 10 Metabolism, Diet, and Obesity Margarethe Hoenig CHAPTER OUTLINE Definition 98 Pathogenesis 99 Hormonal and Metabolic Changes 99 Treatment 101 Feline obesity has increased dramatically in the past two…
CHAPTER 27 Use of Long-Acting Insulin in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Jacqueline S. Rand CHAPTER OUTLINE Goals of Therapy 286 Non–Insulin Dependence and Diabetic Remission 286 Pathogenesis of Feline…
CHAPTER 21 Antiemetic Therapy Karin Allenspach, Daniel L. Chan CHAPTER OUTLINE Physiology of Emesis 232 Antiemetic Agents 232 α2-Adrenergic Antagonists 233 D2-Dopaminergic Antagonists 233 H1– and H2-Histaminergic Antagonists 233 M1-Muscarinergic…
CHAPTER 19 Inflammatory Liver Diseases Mark E. Hitt CHAPTER OUTLINE Etiology and Pathogenesis 214 Classification 216 Acute Neutrophilic Form of Cholangitis/Cholangiohepatitis 216 Signalment 217 Clinical Findings 217 Diagnosis 217 Imaging…
CHAPTER 34 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Daniel O. Morris CHAPTER OUTLINE Etiology of Staphylococcal Infections 368 Etiology of Methicillin Resistance 368 Epidemiology 369 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 369 Methicillin-Resistant S. intermedius (MRSI)/S….
