Overview

Fundamentals of Small Animal Surgery offers a thorough introduction to the surgical principles essential to good veterinary practice. With many high-quality pencil drawings and clinical photographs to complement the detailed descriptions, the book is a useful resource for building basic surgery skills. Fundamentals of Small Animal Surgery is designed to provide a grounding in the foundations of veterinary surgical practice and an understanding of the practical application of surgical techniques. Covering topics ranging from assessment and surgical pack preparation to aseptic technique and postoperative pain management, the book is a valuable reference for surgical procedure training in veterinary or veterinary technician schools, and serves as a refresher for veterinarians and technicians in practice. 

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Author:   Fred Anthony Mann (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri) ,  Gheorghe M. Constantinescu (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri) ,  Hun-Young Yoon (Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780781761185

ISBN 10:   0781761182
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   11 January 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Contributor List viii Introduction xii Margaret L. Campbell Section 1 Communication Case Studies 1 Case 1.1 Comsmunicating about a Progressive Diagnosis and Prognosis 5 Julia A. Walch Case 1.2 Diagnosis/Prognosis Uncomplicated Death at Home 12 Constance Dahlin Case 1.3 Accommodating Religiosity and Spirituality in Medical Decision-Making 18 Jennifer Gentry Case 1.4 Discussing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation When it May Be Useful 26 Kelli Gershon Case 1.5 Discussing CPR When it is a Non-Beneficial Intervention 33 Judy Passaglia Case 1.6 Discussing Brain Death, Organ Donation, and Donation after Cardiac Death 41 Christine Westphal and Rebecca Williams Case 1.7 Discussing Physiological Futility 52 Judy C. Wheeler Case 1.8 Wounded Families: Decision-Making in the Setting of Stressed Coping and Maladaptive Behaviors in Health Crises 60 Kerstin McSteen Case 1.9 Notification of an Expected Death 68 Peg Nelson Case 1.10 Death Notification after Unexpected Death 73 Garrett K. Chan Section 2 Symptom Management Case Studies 83 Case 2.1 Pain: Cancer in the Home 87 Constance Dahlin Case 2.2 Treating an Acute, Severe, Cancer Pain Exacerbation 98 Patrick J. Coyne Case 2.3 Pain and Advanced Heart Failure 104 Margaret L. Campbell Case 2.4 Dyspnea and Advanced COPD 110 Margaret L. Campbell Case 2.5 Dyspnea and Heart Failure 117 Garrett K. Chan Case 2.6 Treating Dyspnea during Ventilator Withdrawal 128 Margaret L. Campbell Case 2.7 Cough Associated with COPD and Lung Cancer 138 Peg Nelson Case 2.8 Hiccups and Advanced Illness 145 Marian Grant Case 2.9 Treating Nausea Associated with Advanced Cancer 152 Judy C. Wheeler Case 2.10 Nausea Associated with Bowel Obstruction 161 Terri L. Maxwell Case 2.11 Nausea Related to Uremia, Dialysis Cessation 168 Linda M. Gorman Case 2.12 Opioid-Induced Pruritus 176 Richelle Nugent Hooper Case 2.13 Pruritus in End-Stage Renal Disease 183 Linda M. Gorman Case 2.14 Opioid-Induced Constipation 190 Grace Cullen Oligario Case 2.15 Depression in Advanced Disease 198 Todd Hultman Case 2.16 Treating Anxiety 205 Darrell Owens Case 2.17 Terminal Secretions 213 Terri L. Maxwell Case 2.18 Fungating Wounds and the Palliative Care Patient 220 Laura C. Harmon Case 2.19 Pressure Ulcer Care in Palliative Care 229 Laura C. Harmon Case 2.20 Treating Ascites 239 Darrell Owens Case 2.21 Delirium Management in Palliative Care 247 Kerstin McSteen Section 3 Family Care Case Studies 257 Case 3.1 Caring for the Family Expecting a Loss 259 Patricia A. Murphy and David M. Price Case 3.2 Anticipatory Grief and the Dysfunctional Family 266 Rita J. DiBiase Case 3.3 Acute and Uncomplicated Grief after an Expected Death 277 Rita J. DiBiase Case 3.4 Bereavement after Unexpected Death 289 Garrett K. Chan Case 3.5 Complicated Grief 300 Rita J. DiBiase Index 309

Reviews

Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team will help experienced veterinary technicians set up various clinical laboratory diagnostic tests. It provides a good explanation of basic laboratory practices, the underlying concepts of many laboratory tests, and the physiology of common disease conditions. This book is well worth the price. (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, December 2010)This book provides a good overall summary of basic clinical pathology in small animals. Although it is fairly short and concise, it contains all the necessary relevant information and includes a CD that takes readers thorough six complicated cases, step by step. This is a useful book that would be a handy reference to have in a practice. It is easy to read, concise, and informative. Although it is aimed at small animal veterinary teams, it includes limited information about large animal species, which is important for a good, general understanding. (Doodys, December 2010)Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team offers a fine recourse for technical team members involved in clinical diagnostic evaluation. Machinery calibration, normal anatomy, clinical diagnostics and more are revealed in chapters that provide key technical information for Obtaining and evaluating samples, surveying the disease process, the progress of identification and treatment, and including a DVD with interactive cases. Vet collections need this! (THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, November 2010)Rosenfeld, a veterinarian who is associated with an education corporation that specializes in seminar training for the hospital team, and Dial (veterinary science and microbiology, U. of Arizona) provide a resource for technical veterinary team members performing clinical diagnostic evaluation in small animal lab work. (Book News, September 2010) ReviewUpdater-Profile-15@1326747466641

In summary, this is a comprehensive and instructive text that is great value for money. I believe it would prove to be an excellent companion to anyone studying towards a veterinary or veterinary nursing degree, and has a definite place on the bookshelf of any practice employing new or recent graduates. (Veterinary Record, 26 February 2011)

The book provides a concise, yet detailed, snapshot of the basics of successful theory and practical application of surgical techniques... The textbook chronologically maps surgical procedures from admission to discharge. It lays out each segment of this pathway in a comprehensive, up-to-date and easy-to-understand fashion. The guide is beautifully illustrated with hand-drawn images throughout, and great care has been taken to produce a highly instructive text that gives a succinct overview of the basics... this is a comprehensive and instructive text that is great value for money. I believe it would prove to be an excellent companion to anyone studying towards a veterinary or veterinary nursing degree, and has a definite place on the bookshelf of any practice employing new or recent graduates. (Veterinary Record, February 2011)

Author Information

Fred Anthony Mann, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Diplomate ACVECC is Director of Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care Services, Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Service Chief, and Small Animal Surgery/Neurology Instructional Leader at University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA. Gheorghe M. Constantinescu, DVM, PhD, mult. Drhc is Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Medical Illustrator in the Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA. Hun-Young Yoon, DVM, MS, PhD is a Research Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Science Research Institute at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.

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