Canine Internal Medicine What's Your Diagnosis?
Autor: Jon Wray
| Nakladatel | Wiley-Blackwell |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781118918173 |
| Vydání | 2017 |
| Vazba | brožovaná |
| Počet stran | 458 |
A unique, case-based guide to diagnosing and treating a wide range of conditions encountered in canine internal medicine Canine Internal Medicine: What's Your Diagnosis? is an ideal guide to how internal medicine cases are handled in the clinical setting. This text is part of an exciting series, which combines problem-based learning, case studies, and questions and answers. Designed for veterinarians in practice and students, the series presents material in a format designed to enhance critical thinking and understanding. Adopting a case-based approach, chapters are built around body systems and are directed by questions to test the reader's ability to interpret clinical history, illustrative images and diagnostic results in order to provide differential diagnoses, diagnostic plans and treatment options. Common pitfalls in diagnosis and management are discussed, and you will benefit from the experience of the author as a busy and experienced clinician. An innovative and interesting way to increase knowledge and skills in canine internal medicine, Canine Internal Medicine: What's Your Diagnosis? is an indispensable resource for veterinary students, veterinarians in small animal practice, and those studying for post-graduate qualification in small animal medicine.
| Acknowledgements | vii |
| Dedication | ix |
| How to Use this Book | xi |
| Introduction | xiii |
| Section A Endocrinology | 1 |
| Case 1 presenting with polyuria/polydipsia | 3 |
| Case 2 presenting with seizures | 17 |
| Case 3 presenting with lethargy and weight loss | 27 |
| Case 4 presenting with alopecia and polyuria/polydipsia | 39 |
| Case 5 presenting with weight gain, lethargy and coat abnormalities | 53 |
| Section B Haematology and Immunology | 61 |
| Case 6 presenting with lethargy and pigmenturia | 63 |
| Case 7 presenting with lethargy and vomiting | 75 |
| Case 8 presenting with lethargy and lameness | 85 |
| Case 9 presenting with lethargy and lameness also | 99 |
| Section C Hepatobiliary Disease | 105 |
| Case 10 presenting with abdominal pain | 107 |
| Case 11 presenting with mentation abnormalities | 117 |
| Case 12 presenting with jaundice | 131 |
| Section D Gastroenterology | 153 |
| Case 13 presenting with diarrhoea, ascites and seizures | 155 |
| Case 14 presenting with inappetence and vomiting | 167 |
| Case 15 presenting with diarrhoea and weight loss | 181 |
| Case 16 presenting with regurgitation | 195 |
| Section E Respiratory | 205 |
| Case 17 presenting with cough and tachypnoea | 207 |
| Case 18 presenting with episodes of dyspnoea | 217 |
| Case 19 presenting with tachypnoea | 225 |
| Section F Ear, Nose and Throat | 237 |
| Case 20 presenting with exercise intolerance | 239 |
| Case 21 presenting with epistaxis | 247 |
| Section G Cardiovascular | 259 |
| Case 22 presenting with lethargy and ascites | 261 |
| Case 23 presenting with lethargy and heart murmur | 275 |
| Section H Urology and Nephrology | 287 |
| Case 24 presenting with azotaemia on pre-anaesthetic blood sample | 289 |
| Case 25 presenting with dysuria | 303 |
| Case 26 presenting with haematuria | 311 |
| Section I Reproductive/Genital Tract | 325 |
| Case 27 presenting with blood from the penis | 327 |
| Section J Oncology | 339 |
| Case 28 presenting with pelvic limb swelling | 341 |
| Case 29 presenting with weight loss and tachypnoea | 349 |
| Case 30 presenting with lymphadenomegaly | 361 |
| Section K Neurology | 379 |
| Case 31 presenting with ocular changes and regurgitation | 381 |
| Case 32 presenting with stiff ness and dysphagia | 389 |
| Section L Infectious diseases | 395 |
| Case 33 presenting with lethargy and polyuria | 397 |
| Case 34 presenting with lethargy, vomiting and jaundice | 413 |
| Appendix 1: Index of Tables and Figures, Pearls and Clinical Skills Generated | 421 |
| Appendix 2: Diagnosis by Case | 435 |
| Appendix 3: Conversion Table of SI to Common Units | 437 |
| Index | 439 |