Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal

Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal: The Rule of 20 offers guidance for assessing the patient, interpreting diagnostic test results, and selecting appropriate monitoring procedures. Based on Rebecca Kirby s time-tested Rule of 20, with a chapter devoted to each item on the checklist Provides comprehensive guidance for monitoring a critically ill small animal patient Emphasizes the interplay of each parameter with one another Designed for fast access on the clinic floor, with potentially life-saving ideas, tips, lists and procedures Presents tables, schematics, algorithms, and drawings for quick reference

Monitoring and Intervention for the Critically Ill Small Animal: The Rule of 20 offers guidance for assessing the patient, interpreting diagnostic test results, and selecting appropriate monitoring procedures.* Based on Rebecca Kirby's time-tested Rule of 20, with a chapter devoted to each item on the checklist* Provides comprehensive guidance for monitoring a critically ill small animal patient* Emphasizes the interplay of each parameter with one another* Designed for fast access on the clinic floor, with potentially life-saving ideas, tips, lists and procedures* Presents tables, schematics, algorithms, and drawings for quick reference

Contributors ixPreface xiAcknowledgments xiii1 An introduction to SIRS and the Rule of 20 1Rebecca Kirby2 Fluid balance 9Rebecca Kirby and Elke Rudloff3 Blood pressure 29Lauren Sullivan4 Albumin and colloid osmotic pressure 43Adesola Odunayo5 Glucose 55Natara Loose6 Electrolytes 73Linda Barton and Rebecca Kirby7 Acid-base status 95Ryan Wheeler and Jan Kovacic8 Oxygenation and ventilation 109Christin Reminga and Lesley G. King9 Coagulation 137Andrew Linklater10 Red blood cells and hemoglobin 157Andrew Linklater and Veronica Higgs11 Heart rate rhythm and contractility 177Dennis E. Burkett12 Neurological status 207Christine Iacovetta13 The renal system 225Lee Herold14 White blood cells, immune status, and antimicrobial stewardship 247Carol E. Haak15 Gastrointestinal system motility and integrity 267Jennifer Klaus16 Nutritional status 285Caroline Tonozzi17 Temperature 303Conni Wehausen18 Drug selection and dosing regimens 319Dawn Merton Boothe19 Pain management 333Armi Pigott20 Veterinary nursing care 349Heather Darbo and Cheryl Page21 Wounds and bandages 373Jennifer J. Devey, Andrew Linklater and Rebecca Kirby22 Anesthesia of the critical patient 389Susan E. LeonardIndex 401