The fact that all veterinarians see emergencies on a regular basis, and the increasing importance of emergency medicine and critical care in veterinary medicine, have helped make this one of the best-selling books in The Secrets Series and in veterinary medicine and critical care. Dr. Wingfield is one of the preeminent authorities in this field, and the new edition is completely revised and updated, featuring a number of new authors, with new chapters on disaster medicine and the transfusion trigger. Critical care management of dogs and cats are also covered.
I LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCIES 1. Decision Making in Veterinary Emergency Medicine 2. Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation in Small Animals 3. Respiratory Distress 4. Pathophysiology of Congestive Heart Failure 5. Shock 6. Acute Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus 7. Anaphylaxis 8. Hypothermia 9. Heat Stroke
II TRAUMA 10. Treatment Priorities in Trauma 11. Arterial Bleeding 12. Respiratory Emergencies 13. Traumatic Myocarditis 14. Fluid Selection in Trauma 15. Blood Transfusions 16. Brain Injuries 17. Acute Spinal Cord Injuries 18. Peripheral Nerve Trauma 19. Extremity Trauma 20. Abdominal Injuries 21. Pain Management in Emergencies 22. Disaster Preparedness and the Veterinarian
III COMMON PRIMARY COMPLAINTS 23. Vomiting 24. Diarrhea 25. Syncope vs. Seizures 26. Ataxia 27. Anorexia 28. Fever 29. Stranguria 30. Obstipation and Constipation 31. Fractured Tooth 32. Abscesses and Cellulitis 33. Rattlesnake Envenomation 34. Lameness 35. Infectious Disease
V RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES 42. Allergic Airway Disease (Asthma) in Cats 43. Aspiration Pneumonitis 44. Dirofilariasis 45. Pulmonary Thromboembolism 46. Laryngeal Paralysis 47. Near Drowning 48. Pulmonary Edema 49. Hemoptysis 50. Smoke Inhalation and Burn Injuries
VI CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES 51. Mitral Valvular Insufficiency Due to Endocardiosis 52. Dilated Cardiomyopathy 53. Cardiac Arrhythmias 54. Cardiac Pacemakers 55. Pericardial Effusion 56. Feline Myocardial Disease 57. Systemic Arterial Thromboembolism
VII ONCOLOGIC AND HEMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES 58. Neutropenia, Sepsis, and Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Cancer 59. Acute Tumor Lysis Syndrome 60. Coagulation Disorders 61. Metabolic Emergencies in Patients with Cancer 62. Cancer Treatment-induced Congestive Heart Failure 63. Chemotherapy-induced Anaphylaxis 64. Extravasation of Chemotherapeutic Drugs 65. Chemotherapy-induced Acute Renal Failure 66. Anemia, Thrombocytopenia, and Hypoproteinemia
VIII NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES 67. Intervertebral Disk Disease 68. Seizures 69. Meningitis and Encephalitis 70. Coma 71. Acute Progressive Lower Motor Neuron Disease 72. Brain Death