Chapter 8 Metabolism and Nutritional Needs of Surgical Patients Daniel L. Chan In people, nutritional status is an important determinant of outcome after surgery, and a clear association has been…
Chapter 19 Surgical Hemostasis Davina M. Anderson In modern surgery, we are well aware that surgical technique has an effect on patient survival and postoperative outcome. Good surgical technique was…
Chapter 26 Neurologic Examination and Neuroanatomic Diagnosis Scott J. Schatzberg, Marc Kent and Simon R. Platt The past 10 years have been marked by a dramatic increase in the availability…
Chapter 21 Biopsy General Principles MaryAnn G. Radlinsky Biopsies are performed to determine the presence or extent of disease present in sampled tissue. Samples may be required for histopathologic diagnosis,…
Chapter 10 Wound Infections and Antimicrobial Use Dorothy Cimino Brown Surgical site infection remains a serious problem despite the use of modern principles of preoperative preparation of animals and surgeons,…
Chapter 4 Stem Cells and Regenerative Therapy Lisa A. Fortier and Rocky S. Tuan Stem Cells in Regenerative Surgical Strategy Stem cells hold tremendous promise for the treatment of many…
Chapter 15 Monitoring for Surgical Infection J. Scott Weese Infection control is an important but often overlooked aspect of patient care and hospital management. The field of hospital infection control…
Chapter 12 Sterilization Walter C. Renberg Appropriate understanding and implementation of sterilization techniques are vital to successful surgical practice. Sterilization is the process of destroying all microorganisms (including bacteria, viruses,…
Chapter 14 Preparation of the Patient, Operating Team, and Operating Room for Surgery Walter C. Renberg A low incidence of surgical site infection is one of the primary goals of…
Chapter 47 The Systemic Mycoses BLASTOMYCOSIS, COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS, CRYPTOCOCCOSIS, HISTOPLASMOSIS The systemic mycotic agents are inherently virulent and can cause disease in healthy individuals. The four veterinary pathogens in this group…
