Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal: The Rule of 20 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118900839 ISBN 13: 9781118900833

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

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Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal: The Rule of 20 offers guidance for assessing the patient, interpreting diagnostic test results, and selecting appropriate monitoring procedures.

• Based on Rebecca Kirby’s time-tested Rule of 20, with a chapter devoted to each item on the checklist
• Provides comprehensive guidance for monitoring a critically ill small animal patient
• Emphasizes the interplay of each parameter with one another
• Designed for fast access on the clinic floor, with potentially life-saving ideas, tips, lists and procedures
• Presents tables, schematics, algorithms, and drawings for quick reference

 

 

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Rebecca Kirby, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC, was formerly an Associate Professor and Director of Emergency Services at the University of Pennsylvania, and was the owner of the Animal Emergency Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA for 21 years.

Andrew Linklater, DVM, DACVECC, was trained at the Animal Emergency Center and is currently a Clinical Instructor at Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

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Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal
THE RULE OF 20

Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal: The Rule of 20 is a comprehensive resource for the approach to a critical patient in small animal practice. Ideally suited for quick reference in the clinical setting, the book offers guidance for assessing the patient, interpreting diagnostic test results, and selecting appropriate monitoring procedures. Tables, schematics, algorithms, and drawings are provided for quick reference and can serve as decision-making tools for medical intervention.

Chapters are logically organized using Rebecca Kirby's Rule of 20, with a chapter dedicated to each parameter. Common problems and complications encountered in ICU patients are highlighted throughout. Taking a consistent format, the book presents information on etiologies, monitoring, and intervention for each of the measures. Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal is an invaluable resource for any veterinarian or veterinary technician seeking more information on this time-tested method for monitoring the critical patient.

Key features

• Based on Rebecca Kirby's time-tested Rule of 20, with a chapter devoted to each item on the checklist
• Provides comprehensive guidance for monitoring a critically ill small animal patient
• Emphasizes the interplay of each parameter with one other
• Designed for fast access on the clinic floor, with potentially life-saving ideas, tips, lists, and procedures
• Presents tables, schematics, algorithms, and drawings for quick reference

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Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal
THE RULE OF 20

Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal: The Rule of 20 is a comprehensive resource for the approach to a critical patient in small animal practice. Ideally suited for quick reference in the clinical setting, the book offers guidance for assessing the patient, interpreting diagnostic test results, and selecting appropriate monitoring procedures. Tables, schematics, algorithms, and drawings are provided for quick reference and can serve as decision-making tools for medical intervention.

Chapters are logically organized using Rebecca Kirby's Rule of 20, with a chapter dedicated to each parameter. Common problems and complications encountered in ICU patients are highlighted throughout. Taking a consistent format, the book presents information on etiologies, monitoring, and intervention for each of the measures. Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal is an invaluable resource for any veterinarian or veterinary technician seeking more information on this time-tested method for monitoring the critical patient.

Key features

• Based on Rebecca Kirby's time-tested Rule of 20, with a chapter devoted to each item on the checklist
• Provides comprehensive guidance for monitoring a critically ill small animal patient
• Emphasizes the interplay of each parameter with one other
• Designed for fast access on the clinic floor, with potentially life-saving ideas, tips, lists, and procedures
• Presents tables, schematics, algorithms, and drawings for quick reference

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118900839
• ISBN 13: 9781118900833
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 430
• Herausgeber: Kirby Rebecca, Linklater Andrew
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland