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.

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.

• Part 1 covers an overview of basic approaches.

• Parts 2 and 5, ‘Clinical Presentations’ and ‘Critical Care’, present a series of algorithms intended to guide the reader from presentation to diagnosis, or to outline emergency management.

• Part 3 forms the core of the book, covering – in brief – the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the diseases (including a new section on exotic infections) and disorders of each body system, as well as multisystemic disorders.

• Part 4 covers anaesthetics, analgesia, and surgery.

This new edition is completely updated and contains important new sections on client communication and professional conduct, mental health and wellbeing, therapeutics, and common procedures.