Description
Early recognition of problems by owners, appropriate first aid, and timely referral by field veterinarians improve the chance of survival for horses requiring emergency management and critical care. With a view toward improving patient outcome, Equine Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is written by a team of enthusiastic equine specialists who explore a host of conditions that the equine veterinarian will encounter. Areas covered include: – Digestive, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, urogenital, and nervous systems; – neonatal diseases; – lacerations, wounds, and skin diseases requiring emergency care; – emergency ophthalmological problems; – toxicology; – antimicrobial drugs and nutritional support; – fluid, inotrope, and vasopressor therapy; – sedation and analgesia… 871 p.
- Louise L. Southwood. BVSc, PhD, DACVS, DACVECC, Associate Professor of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care. University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, kenneth Square, PA (USA), Department of Clinical Studies – New Bolton Center.
- Pamela A. Wilkins. DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVECC, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (USA), College of Veterinary Medicine.
- Publication date (digital version): 2014-10 – CRC Press (imprint of Taylor & Francis Group).
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