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Elsevier Cancer in Companion Animals An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice 1st Edition by Bergman, Philip
This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, edited by Dr. Philip Bergman and Dr. Craig Clifford, focuses on Cancer in Companion Animals. Topics include: Novel Non-Invasive Diagnostics; MCT: Cytologic and Histologic Grading Update; Sentinel LN & Sx Oncology Update; RT Oncology Update; Novel Prescriptions for LSA; Targeted Prescriptions Update; Electrochemotherapy; Tumor Ablation; Anorexia and the Cancer Patient; Histiocytic Sarcome and HSA; Cancer Immunotherapies; and Personalized Cancer Medicine. Section 1 - General principles of critical care1.1: Introduction to critical care nursing1.2: Health and Safety1.3: Emergencies and life-threatening conditions1.4: Life threatening complications/ outcomesSection 2 - Patient assessment and investigations 2.1: Identification of patient needs/problems2.2: Assessment2.3: Haemodynamic monitoring2.4: Diagnostic proceduresSection 3 - Critical care interventions3.1: Medium-technology life-support interventions3.2: High-technology life-support interventions3.3: Caring for a critical care patient3.4: Intubation and ventilation3.5: Transfer of critical care patientsSection 4 - Common conditions/reasons for admission4.1: Physiological processes common to all medical and surgical conditions 4.2: Neurological4.3: Endocrine disorders4.4: Respiratory4.5: Cardiovascular4.6: Renal4.7: Gastrointestinal (GIT)4.8: Immunological4.9: Burns4.10: Poisoning/overdoseSection 5 - Psychological and ethical care5.1: Mental effects of critical care5.2: Death and dying in critical care5.3: Professional practice issuesSection 6 - Pharmacology6.1: Medication management6.2: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics 6.3: Classification of drugs used in critical care 6.4: Drug calculations6.5: Nurse prescribingReferences Further Reading Appendix 1 Units of measurement Appendix 2 Normal values Appendix 3 Drug measurement and calculations Glossary Index