Equine Internal Medicine

This is the only equine book on the market devoted solely to internal medicine. This problem-oriented book is organised into two primary sections. Part 1 is problem-based focusing on the mechanisms underlying disease and the principles underlying treatment. Part 2 is a body systems approach to common problems. Here individual diseases are discussed in terms of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment. There are special and timely chapters on critical care, diseases of foals, and epidemiology.<p></p><li>Editors and contributors are authorities in their fields.</li><li>The book takes a problem-based approach to understanding equine internal medicine and demonstrates the importance of evidence-based medicine.</li><li>Pathophysiology is emphasized throughout, providing a sound basis for discussions of the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis that follow.</li><li>Body systems chapters begin with a thorough discussion of the diagnostic method appropriate to the system, including physical examination, clinical pathology, radiography, endoscopy, and ultrasonography.</li><li>Information is current and well referenced.</li><li>Flow charts, diagrams, and algorithms clarify and enhance complex material.</li><p></p><li>New Editor, Debra Sellon</li><li>New chapter 6, Critical Care</li><li>New chapter 21, Epidemiology</li><li>In Chapter 3, Clinical Approach to Commonly Encountered Problems, new sections added: Changes in Body Temperature, Diarrhea, and Clinical Assessment of Poor Performance</li><li>Chapter 4, Pharmacology, and Chapter 12, Hematopoietic System, both have a new author and are totally rewritten</li><li>Chapter 13, Gastrointestinal System, has new authors and new sections on examination for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, gastrointestinal inflammation, diarrhea, malabsorption syndromes and maldigestion, and mucosal injury and repair.</li><li>Chapter 18, Endocrine Disorders, has new authors, has been completely rewritten, and includes a new section on magnesium disorders.</li>
ISBN: 978-0-7216-9777-2

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