• In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Exotic Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Lily Parkinson brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Critical Care. With today’s improved emergency care, further advanced, nuanced, and prolonged critical care is required. Focusing on the critical care of exotic animal patients after the initial emergency triage and stabilization, this issue discusses aspects of critical care as they relate to many different species, which all have unique physiologies and requirements for their optimal care.


    Key Features

    • Contains 13 practice-oriented topics including mental status and coma scores; cardiovascular monitoring and assessment; point of care ultrasound; nutritional support; water quality and dissolved gases; and more.

    • Provides in-depth clinical reviews of exotic animal critical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.

    • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

    • Cover image

    • Title page

    • Table of Contents

    • Copyright

    • Contributors

    • Forthcoming Issues

    • Preface

    • Temperature Monitoring and Thermal Support in Exotic Animal Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Hypothermia

    • Indications for heat support

    • Methods of thermal support

    • Cessation of heat support

    • Hyperthermia

    • Indications for cooling

    • Options for cooling

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Neurologic Assessment and Critical Care of Exotic Animals: Approach to the Neurologic Exam, Species Differences, Prognostic Scales, Commonly Encountered Conditions, Ancillary Diagnostic Tests, and Caring for Neurologically Impaired Patients

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Components of the neurologic examination

    • Mentation assessment

    • Cranial nerve evaluation

    • Modifications for the small mammal neurologic examination

    • Modifications for the avian neurologic examination

    • Modifications for the reptile neurologic examination

    • Head trauma and coma scales

    • Commonly encountered neurologic diseases

    • Ancillary diagnostics

    • Nursing care and monitoring of hospitalized neurologic patients

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Point of Care Ultrasound in Exotic Animal Emergency and Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • The use of POCUS in the exotic animal emergency setting

    • The use of POCUS in a critical care setting

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Sedation and Anesthesia in Exotic Animal Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Pre-sedation and pre-anesthetic considerations

    • Equipment and supplies

    • Therapeutic options

    • Goals

    • Small mammalian species

    • Sedation

    • Anesthetic induction

    • Orotracheal intubation

    • Anesthetic maintenance and monitoring

    • Supportive care

    • Anesthetic complications

    • Recovery

    • Avian species

    • Reptilian species

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Fluid Therapy in Exotic Animal Emergency and Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Urine Output Monitoring and Acute Kidney Injury in Mammalian Exotic Animal Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Pathophysiology

    • Causes

    • Diagnosis

    • Treatment

    • Prognosis

    • Exotic companion mammals

    • Summary

    • Disclosure

    • Clinics care points

    • Urine Output Monitoring and Acute Kidney Injury in Non-mammalian Exotic Animal Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Pathophysiology

    • Causes

    • Diagnosis

    • Treatment

    • Prognosis

    • Avian acute kidney injury

    • Reptilian acute kidney injury

    • Clinics care points

    • Summary

    • Disclosure

    • Nutritive Support for Critical Exotic Patients

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Nutritional assessment

    • Indications for intervention

    • Clinical techniques

    • Complications

    • Recommended monitoring

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Cerebro-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Postarrest Care in Exotic Animal Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Hospital and team preparation

    • Patient assessment

    • Basic life support

    • Advanced life support

    • Postarrest care considerations

    • Outcomes and team support

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Coagulation Disorders, Testing, and Treatment in Exotic Animal Critical Care

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Physiologic hemostasis and coagulopathy

    • Diagnostic approach

    • Disordered hemostasis

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

  • Lily Parkinson

    Affiliations and expertise

    DACVECC, Minnesota Zoo

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