Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine, 2nd Edition
De: Kit Sturgess
ISBN: 9781498758772
2025, CRC Press
Capa mole
Páginas: 220
De: Kit Sturgess
ISBN: 9781498758772
2025, CRC Press
Capa mole
Páginas: 220
Concise, problem-oriented and accessibly designed, the second edition of the Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine focuses on the essentials of medicine and surgery of the dog and cat. Packed with bullet points, flowcharts and tables for quick reference, the book helps start the process of case management and resolution. It includes tips and hints on interpretation of physical signs, diagnostic tests and management of common presenting conditions. Full colour algorithms assist decision-making, specifically in clinical presentations and critical care.
The new edition is completely updated and contains important new sections on client communication and professional conduct, mental health and wellbeing, therapeutics and common procedures.
Chapter 1. Basic Approaches
Chapter 2. Clinical Presentations
Chapter 3. Body Systems and Multisystemic Disease
Chapter 4. Anaesthesia, Analgesia and Surgery
Chapter 5. Critical Care
Further reading
Units of measurement
Selected abbreviations
Index
Dr Kit Sturgess has been in clinical practice for nearly 40 years in primary care, university and private referral clinics He was awarded his PhD looking at the mucosal immune response to feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Kit is a Specialist in Small Animal Medicine and an Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Cardiology. He was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice and the BSAVA Woodrow Award for contributions to small animal practice in 2022. Besides clinical work Kit spends his time writing and lecturing and has had a wide variety of voluntary roles including Chair of Trustees of Cats Protection and the Wildheart Trust, Editor in Chief of Veterinary Evidence, Chair of BSAVA Education Committee and Council member and Treasurer of the RCVS. He maintains a keen interest in many areas of internal medicine, particularly endocrine, cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal disease and has authored numerous articles, two textbooks as well as examining, presenting lectures and research abstracts at conferences worldwide.