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Canine and feline geriatrics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Mike
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Science, 1996.
Series:Library of veterinary practice.
Subjects:
Dogs.
Dog Diseases > in old age.
Cats.
Cat Diseases > in old age.
Aging.
Pets.
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to geriatric veterinary medicine
  • The demographics of geriatric cats and dogs
  • Defining the term 'geriatric'
  • Ageing changes
  • Geriatric diseases
  • The cardiovascular system
  • Key points
  • Reduced cardiovascular function
  • Age-related tissue changes
  • Diagnostic aids
  • Geriatric cardiovascular disease
  • Treatment of geriatric heart disease
  • The nervous system
  • Age-related tissue changes
  • Functional changes
  • Neurological diseases of old age
  • The special senses
  • Ageing changes in major sense organs.
  • Urinary tract
  • Upper urinary tract: age-related changes
  • Dietary management
  • Lower urinary tract: disorders of urination
  • Lower urinary tract: prostatic disease
  • Neoplasia in old age
  • Epidemiological studies
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Nutrition in older animals
  • Age-related changes that may affect nutrition
  • Energy
  • Protein
  • Fat (oils)
  • Carbohydrate
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Anaesthesia and surgery in geriatric patients
  • Objectives of surgery in old patients
  • Age-related tissue changes that may affect anaethesia or surgery.
  • Drug-anaesthetic interaction
  • Pre-anaesthesia check
  • Local anaesthesia
  • General anaesthesia
  • Surgical complications
  • Radiology in geriatric patients
  • Skeletal changes
  • Soft tissue changes
  • Geriatric screening programmes
  • Why screen geriatric patients?
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Haematology
  • Blood chemistry
  • Urinalysis.