Clinical canine and feline respiratory medicine
By: Lynelle R. Johnson.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813816715
Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Dogs -- Diseases; Cats -- Diseases; Dog Diseases -- therapy; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- veterinary; Cat Diseases -- therapy; Clinical Medicine -- methods
Description: "Clinical Canine and Feline Respiratory Disease provides reliable information on respiratory diagnosis and disease in a user-friendly format. With an emphasis on the features of the history and physical examination that aid in efficient treatment planning, the book is an accessible, readable resource to treating patients with diseases of the respiratory tract. Offering more comprehensive coverage of respiratory disorders than is available in general texts, Clinical Canine and Feline Respiratory Disease is specifically designed as a study aid and practice guide for the non-specialist seeing respiratory cases. Beginning with introductory chapters on the localization of disease, diagnostics, and therapeutics, the heart of the book focuses on the full range of respiratory diseases. Coverage includes nasal disorders, diseases of airways, parenchymal diseases, pleural and mediastinal diseases, and vascular disorders. Clinical Canine and Feline Respiratory Disease is a useful tool to students and practitioners in studying, diagnosing, and treating respiratory disease"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Localization of disease: use history and physical examination to characterize upper vs. lower, airway vs. parenchymal vs. pleural, heart vs. lung,.2. Respiratory diagnostics:.General: lab work and serology, pulse oximetry, arterial blood gas analysis, ECG?.Imaging: radiography, fluoroscopy, US and CT, transoral and transtracheal wash, respiratory endoscopy, thoracocentesis, FNA and lung biopsy, scintigraphy.Sample analysis: nasal/airway/fluid cytology and culture.3. Respiratory therapeutics:.Specific drugs: antibiotics, antifungals, glucocorticoids, bronchodilators, mucolytics.Routes of therapy: parenteral vs. enteral, nebulization, metered dose inhalers.Adjunct therapy: coupage, nutritional management, oxygen administration, indications for ventilatory support, chest tube placement..Disease sections below to include brief history and physical exam features specific for each disorder, relevant pathophysiology, specific diagnostic findings, treatment, prognosis..4. Nasal disorders.Structural: stenotic nares and brachycephalic syndrome, nasal foreign body, tooth root abscess, nasopharyngeal stenosis.Infectious: Cryptococcosis, aspergillosis.Inflammatory: nasopharyngeal polyps, CRS, LPR.Neoplastic.5. Diseases of airways.Structural: laryngeal paralysis, tracheal collapse, bronchiectasis.Infectious: canine upper respiratory disease complex (expand to include Bordetella and Mycoplasma bronchitis), parasitic bronchitis.Inflammatory: chronic bronchitis, feline asthma/bronchitis.Neoplastic.6. Parenchymal disease.Structural: ciliary dyskinesia, lung lobe torsion.Infectious: pneumonia (bacterial, fungal, viral, rickettsial, protozoal).Inflammatory: eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy, aspiration pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis.Neoplastic.7. Pleural and mediastinal disease.Structural: pneumothorax, diaphragmatic hernia.Infectious: pyothorax, FIP.Neoplastic.Miscellaneous: hemothorax, chylothorax.8. Vascular disorders: pulmonary thromboembolism, heartworm disease, pulmonary hypertension.