Problem-based Feline Medicine - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0702024880 ISBN 13: 9780702024887

Casa editrice: Saunders Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

This focused resource covers all medical conditions that affect cats. Using a unique problem-based approach, it provides essential information for assessing presenting symptoms, reaching a differential diagnosis, and selecting the appropriate course of treatment for feline patients. A consistent format makes it easy to find information related to key signs and possible causative factors (graded to indicate how common each is), diagnosis, differential diagnosis (including tests where appropriate), treatment, prognosis, and prevention (where applicable) for each clinical condition.

• Unique problem-based approach discusses how to make a problem-based diagnosis.
  
• Concise, logical format makes this resource ideal for quick reference in the clinical setting.
  
• Covers every condition likely to be encountered in cats worldwide.
  
• Features a strong international contributor list of feline experts from North America, UK, Europe, and Australia
  
• A comprehensive drug formulary lists all drug treatments available for cats.
  
• A separate chapter on drugs in cats lists the problems veterinarians might encounter due to differences in feline metabolism.

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Recensione

PROBLEM-BASED FELINE MEDICINE
JACQUIE RAND

Jacquie Rand has worked in collaboration with a number of authors to produce a very clinically orientated book.

A wide range of different areas are covered in sections titles by either body systems (for example, cats with upper respiratory tract signs), or specified clinical signs (for example, pyrexia). A few more unusual presentations are missing, for example, the stunted kitten, but, on the whole, the book is comprehensive enough to be helpful in most situations.

Unlike most other books with 'problem' in the title, this book certainly wont fit in your pocket - it weighs in at an impressive 1,400 pages!

In summary, I think this is a good book. I do like the problem-orientated style adopted by the authors and this, in combination with the level of detail, would make this a useful reference text for final-year students/new graduates, or for a practitioner studying for a certificate. I also think its layout lends the book to becoming a valuable member of a practice armoury that can be used quickly during a busy evening surgery.

Reviewed by Ian Battersby for Veterinary Times, 19th Feb 2007

Contenuti

1. How to make a problem-based diagnosis

Upper Respiratory Tract

2. The cat with acute sneezing or nasal discharge
3. The cat with chronic nasal discharge
4. The cat with stridor

Lower Respiratory Tract

5. The dyspneic or tachypneic cat
6. The cat with hydrothorax
7. The coughing cat
8. The cyanotic cat

Cardiac

9. The cat with abnormal heart sounds
10. The cat with tachycardia, bradycardia ot an irregular rhythm
11. The cat with and enlarged heart

Urinary Tract

12. The cat straining to urinate
13. The incontinent cat
14. The cat with discoloured urine
15. The cat with inappropriate urination
16. The cat with polyuria or polydipsia

Acute Illness

17. The cat with acute depression, anorexia or dehydration

Weight Loss or Chronic Illness

18. The cat with weight loss or chronic illness
19. The thin, inappetent cat

Miscellaneous Problems

20. The pyrexic cat
21. The cat with enlarged lymph nodes
22. The yellow cat or cat with increased liver enzymes
23. The cat with abdominal distension or abdominal fluid
24. The bleeding cat

Abnormal Laboratory Data

25. The anaemic cat
26. The polycythemic cat
27. The cat with electrolyte or acid-base problems
28. The cat with hyperlipidemia

Gastrointestinal Tract

29. The salivating cat
30. The cat with bad breath or oral lesions
31. The regurgitating cat
32. The cat with acute vomiting
33. The cat with chronic vomiting
34. The cat with acute diarrhea
35. The cat with chronic small bowel diarrhea
36. The cat with chronic large bowel diarrhea
37. The constipated or straining cat

Neurology

38. The cat with seizures, circling and/or changed behaviour
39. The cat with stupor or coma
40. The cat with a head tilt or nystagmus
41. The cat with a tremor or twitching
42. The cat with anisicoria or abnormally dilated or constricted pupils
43. The cat with ventroflexion of the neck

Abnormal Gait

44. The weak and ataxic cat or paralysed cat
45. The hypermetric and ataxic cat without weakness
46. The cat with generalised weakness
47. The lame cat

Behavioural Problems

48. The aggressive cat
49. The cat with anxiety-related behaviour problems

Skin Problems

50. The cat with miliary dermatitis or pruritis
51. The cat with alopecia
52. The cat with skin lumps or bumps
53. The cat with non-healig lesions
54. The cat with paw or pad problems

Reproductive and Neonatal

55. The fading kitten / neonate
56. The infertile Queen
57. The cat with vaginal discharge

Eye

58. The blind cat or cat with retinal lesions
59. The cat with a red globe
60. The cat with ocular discharge or changed conjunctival appearance
61. The cat with abnormalities confined to the cornea
62. The cat with a cloudy eye
63. The cat with an abnormal pupil size or pupil response
64. The cat with changed iris appearance
65. The cat with abnormal globe position or size
66. The cat with changed eyelid appearance
67. The cat with an abnormal third eyelid

Drugs

68. Special considerations related to drug use in cats
69. Drug formulary

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Saunders Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0702024880
• ISBN 13: 9780702024887
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 1479
• Redattore: Rand Jacquie
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile