Equine emergencies : treatment and procedures /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Orsini, James A. (Editor), Divers, Thomas J. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders, [2014]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Blood collection
  • Medication administration and alternative methods of drug administration
  • Intravenous catheter placement
  • Venous access via cutdown
  • Regional perfusion, intraosseous, and resuscitation infusion techniques
  • Biopsy techniques
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
  • Complementary therapies in emergencies: acupuncture
  • Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic pathogens
  • Emergency and critical care monitoring
  • Cytology
  • Emergency diagnostic endoscopy
  • Gene testing
  • Imaging techniques and indications for the emergency patient
  • Emergency laboratory tests and point-of-care diagnostics
  • Blood coagulation disorders
  • Cardiovascular system
  • Gastrointestinal system
  • Integumentary system: wound healing, management and reconstruction
  • Liver failure, anemia, and blood transfusion
  • Musculoskeletal system
  • Nervous system
  • Ophthalmology
  • Reproductive system
  • Respiratory system
  • Urinary system
  • Monitoring the pregnant mare
  • Emergency foaling
  • Foal resuscitation
  • Perinatology and the high-risk pregnant mare
  • Neonatology
  • Shock and systemic inflammatory response syndrome
  • Temperature related problems: hypothermia and hyperthermia
  • Toxicology
  • Burns, acute soft tissue swellings, pigeon fever, and fasciotomy
  • Caring for the down horse
  • Disaster medicine and technical emergency rescue
  • Emergency treatment of mules and donkeys
  • Emergency problems unique to draft horses
  • Emergency diseases outside the continental United States
  • Flood injury in horses
  • Foot injuries
  • Laminitis
  • Emergencies of the racing athlete
  • Snake envenomation
  • Thoracic trauma
  • Anesthesia for out of hospital emergencies
  • Euthanasia/humane destruction
  • Pain management
  • Medical management of the starved horse
  • Nutritional guidelines for the injured, hospitalized and postsurgical patient
  • Contagious and zoonotic diseases
  • Standard precautions and infectious disease management