Notes on Feline Internal Medicine

feline internal medicine Helping you get started with a problem-solving approach to a sick cat. feline internal medicine kit sturgess Notes on Feline Internal Medicine, second edition, is part of a popular series specifically designed, through an accessible note-based style, to ensure veterinarians and students have quick and easy access to comprehensive and practical clinical and diagnostic information. Distinct differences exist between cats and dogs not only in their physiology and metabolism but also in the way disease tends to present. This book is a short pocket guide to feline internal medicine helping you to formulate a diagnostic plan and therapeutic strategy. The focus is on evidence-based medicine where available, otherwise current best-practice is presented. The book is divided into five sections: Section 1 gives an overview of some key areas of feline medicine including paediatric and geriatric medicine. Section 2 focuses on the approach to common presenting signs. Section 3 covers the differential diagnosis of commonly used haematologic and biochemical parameters. Section 4 presents an organ-system based approach. Section 5 covers feline infectious diseases. CHANGES FOR THIS EDITION Stronger focus is placed on initial testing for a disease, and what changes might be expected. Additional sections have been added on sedation and anaesthesia, health screening, oncology and emergency and critical care. More diagrams have been added to aid understanding. Care has been taken to avoid repetition and focus on common conditions.

feline internal medicineHelping you get started with a problem-solving approach to a sick cat.feline internal medicinekit sturgessNotes on Feline Internal Medicine, second edition, is part of a popular series specifically designed, through an accessible note-based style, to ensure veterinarians and students have quick and easy access to comprehensive and practical clinical and diagnostic information.Distinct differences exist between cats and dogs not only in their physiology and metabolism but also in the way disease tends to present. This book is a short 'pocket guide' to feline internal medicine helping you to formulate a diagnostic plan and therapeutic strategy. The focus is on evidence-based medicine where available, otherwise current best-practice is presented.The book is divided into five sections:* Section 1 gives an overview of some key areas of feline medicine including paediatric and geriatric medicine.* Section 2 focuses on the approach to common presenting signs.* Section 3 covers the differential diagnosis of commonly used haematologic and biochemical parameters.* Section 4 presents an organ-system based approach.* Section 5 covers feline infectious diseases.CHANGES FOR THIS EDITION* Stronger focus is placed on initial testing for a disease, and what changes might be expected.* Additional sections have been added on sedation and anaesthesia, health screening, oncology and emergency and critical care.* More diagrams have been added to aid understanding.* Care has been taken to avoid repetition and focus on common conditions.

Abbreviations viiiIntroduction 1Section 1Key topics in feline medicine 51.1 Health screening 71.2 Preventative medicine 101.3 Paediatrics 131.4 Gerontology 201.5 Supportive care - fluid therapy and analgesia 231.6 Sedation and anaesthesia 281.7 Emergency and critical care algorithms 32Section 2Clinical signs 37Introduction 392.1 Abdominal enlargement 392.2 Anorexia 422.3 Arrhythmias 442.4 Ascites and peritoneal effusions 462.5 Ataxia 492.6 Behavioural changes 512.7 Bleeding/coagulopathies 522.8 Body odour 532.9 Collapse/syncope and weakness 542.10 Cardiac murmurs 562.11 Constipation, tenesmus and dyschezia 582.12 Chronic coughing 602.13 Diarrhoea 632.14 Dysphagia 652.15 Dyspnoea (respiratory distress) 672.16 Dysuria 702.17 Failure to grow 722.18 Flatulence 732.19 Haematemesis, haemoptysis and epistaxis 742.20 Haematochezia and melaena 752.21 Haematuria and haemoglobinuria 772.22 Hypothermia 792.23 Incontinence (urinary) 802.24 Incontinence (faecal)2.25 Infertility - queens 822.26 Infertility - tomcats 842.27 Jaundice (icterus) 852.28 Lymphadenopathy 882.29 Ocular changes caused by systemic disease 892.30 Pallor 902.31 Paresis and paralysis 912.32 Polyphagia 932.33 Polyuria/polydipsia 942.34 Ptyalism 962.35 Pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin - PUO (FUO) 972.36 Regurgitation 982.37 Seizures 1002.38 Sneezing and nasal discharge 1022.39 Stiffness 1042.40 Stupor and altered states of consciousness 1052.41 Tremor 1062.42 Vomiting 1072.43 Weight loss 109Section 3Common abnormalities of haematology, biochemistry andurinalysis 111Introduction 1133.1 Low haematocrit 1133.2 High haematocrit 1143.3 Platelet abnormalities and clotting system 1153.4 White blood cell changes 1163.5 Acid-base disturbances 1173.6 Amylase and lipase 1183.7 Azotaemia 1193.8 Calcium imbalance 1203.9 Cholesterol and triglyceride changes 1203.10 Electrolyte disturbances 1213.11 Glucose abnormalities 1223.12 Liver parameters 1233.13 Muscle enzymes 1253.14 Phosphate 1253.15 Protein abnormalities 1263.16 Urinalysis 128Section 4Organ systems 1334.1 Respiratory disease 1354.2 Cardiology 1544.3 Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) disease 1904.4 Hepatobiliary disease 2184.5 Renal disease 2294.6 Lower urinary tract disease 2494.7 Endocrine disease 2634.8 Neurologic disease 2834.9 Neuromuscular and muscular disease 3044.10 Skeletal disease 3074.11 Disorders of the blood, haemopoietic and immune system3184.12 Oncology and chemotherapy 3364.13 Nutrition 3394.14 Intoxication 350Section 5Infectious disease 3555.1 Bordetellosis 3575.2 Viral upper respiratory tract disease 3585.3 Avian influenza 3605.4 Chlamydophila felis 3615.5 Feline infectious anaemia 3645.6 Feline infectious peritonitis 3665.7 Feline spongiform encephalopathy 3715.8 Mycobacterial infections 3725.9 Rabies virus 3745.10 Toxoplasmosis 3785.11 Feline leukaemia virus 3805.12 Feline immunodefi ciency virus 3875.13 Feline viral enteritis 3915.14 Other infectious disease 3965.15 Feline zoonoses 401Further reading 403Index 405