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Essential facts of blood pressure in dogs and cats : a reference guide / Beate Egner, Anthony Carr, Scott Brown.
Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) SF992.C37 E36 2003 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Egner, Beate.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blood pressure.
- Dogs--Health.
- Dogs.
- Cats--Health.
- Cats.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 197 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Edition:
- Third, complete new edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Babenhausen, Germany : The Author, 2003.
- Contents:
- Importance of blood pressure measurement
- Blood pressure measurement: basic principles and practical application
- Indications for blood pressure measurement
- Techniques
- Pathologic changes in blood pressure
- Causes and effects of hypertension
- Causes and consequences of hypotension
- Endorgan [End organ] damage
- The heart as a target organ
- The eye as a target organ
- The kidney as a target organ
- The brain as a target organ
- Therapy
- Hypertension
- Hypotension
- Drugs with hemodynamic side effects
- Economics
- Dietary management.
- Notes:
- CD-ROM shows videos on how to measure blood pressure in dogs and cats. Also demonstrates how to evaluate the eye and heart for end organ damage.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-193) and index.
- "The original German language work of the 1st edition (2002) and the 2nd edition (2002) has been published by Parey Buchverlag im Blackwell Verlag GmbH."--T.p. verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 3000110968
- OCLC:
- 52413357
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