SMALL ANIMAL
2: Fluid balance
CHAPTER 2Fluid balance Rebecca Kirby1 and Elke Rudloff2 1 (Formerly) Animal Emergency Center, Gainesville, Florida 2 Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Introduction Water is the most essential nutrient of the…
6: Electrolytes
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…
14: White blood cells, immune status, and antimicrobial stewardship
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…
8: Oxygenation and ventilation
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…
9: Coagulation
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…
10: Red blood cells and hemoglobin
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…
16: Nutritional status
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)…
19: Pain management
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]….
1: An introduction to SIRS and the Rule of 20
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,…
