Canine internal medicine : what's your diagnosis? / Jon Wray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wray, Jon (Jonathan David), 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogs--Diseases.

Dogs.

Veterinary internal medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2018.

Summary:

A unique, case-based guide to diagnosing and treating a wide range of conditions encountered in canine internal medicine Canine Internal Medicine: What's Your Diagnosis? is an ideal guide to how internal medicine cases are handled in the clinical setting. This text is part of an exciting series, which combines problem-based learning, case studies, and questions and answers. Designed for veterinarians in practice and students, the series presents material in a format designed to enhance critical thinking and understanding. Adopting a case-based approach, chapters are built around body systems and are directed by questions to test the reader's ability to interpret clinical history, illustrative images and diagnostic results in order to provide differential diagnoses, diagnostic plans and treatment options. Common pitfalls in diagnosis and management are discussed, and you will benefit from the experience of the author as a busy and experienced clinician. An innovative and interesting way to increase knowledge and skills in canine internal medicine, Canine Internal Medicine: What's Your Diagnosis? is an indispensable resource for veterinary students, veterinarians in small animal practice, and those studying for post-graduate qualification in small animal medicine.

Contents:

Canine Internal Medicine: What's Your Diagnosis?

Contents

Acknowledgements

Dedication

How to Use this Book

Introduction

Section A: Endocrinology

Case 1: presenting with polyuria/polydipsia

Clinical presentation

Haematology

Biochemistry

Urinalysis

Questions

Answers

Discussion

Reference

Further reading

Case 2: presenting with seizures

Diagnosis

Treatment

Case 3: presenting with lethargy and weight loss

Case 4: presenting with alopecia and polyuria/polydipsia

ACTH stimulation test

Low-dose dexamethasone suppression test

Case 5 presenting with weight gain, lethargy and coat abnormalities

Diagnosis and treatment

Section B: Haematology and Immunology

Case 6: presenting with lethargy and pigmenturia

Further questions and answers

Diagnosis and outcome

References

Case 7: presenting with lethargy and vomiting

Case 8: presenting with lethargy and lameness

First diagnostic steps

Second diagnostic steps

Further reading.

Case 9: presenting with lethargy and lameness also

Treatment/outcome

Section C: Hepatobiliary Disease

Case 10: presenting with abdominal pain

Case 11: presenting with mentation abnormalities

Case 12: presenting with jaundice

Urinalysis (cystocentesis sample)

Laboratory tests

Diagnostic imaging

Direct sampling of the hepatobiliary tract

Treatment and outcome

Section D: Gastroenterology

Case 13: presenting with diarrhoea, ascites and seizures

Outcome

Case 14: presenting with inappetence and vomiting

Answer

Case 15: presenting with diarrhoea and weight loss

Histopathology from intestinal biopsies

Therapeutic trials

Endocrine tests

Faecal analysis/culture

Case 16: presenting with regurgitation

Section E: Respiratory

Case 17: presenting with cough and tachypnoea.

Clinical presentation

Case 18: presenting with episodes of dyspnoea

Case 19: presenting with tachypnoea

Section F: Ear, Nose and Throat

Case 20: presenting with exercise intolerance

Case 21: presenting with epistaxis

Section G: Cardiovascular

Case 22: presenting with lethargy and ascites

Case 23: presenting with lethargy and heart murmur

Section H: Urology and Nephrology

Case 24: presenting with azotaemia on pre-anaesthetic blood sample

Case 25: presenting with dysuria

Case 26: presenting with haematuria

Question

Prognosis and discussion

Section I: Reproductive/Genital Tract

Case 27: presenting with blood from the penis

Diagnosis.

Outcome

Section J: Oncology

Case 28: presenting with pelvic limb swelling

Case 29: presenting with weight loss and tachypnoea

Case 30: presenting with lymphadenomegaly

Risks to the patient

Section K: Neurology

Case 31: presenting with ocular changes and regurgitation

Case 32: presenting with stiff ness and dysphagia

Prognosis

Section L: Infectious diseases

Case 33: presenting with lethargy and polyuria

Haematology at previous veterinary surgeon

Biochemistry at previous veterinary surgeon

Urinalysis at previous veterinary surgeon

Case 34: presenting with lethargy, vomiting and jaundice

Appendix 1: Index of Tables and Figures, Pearls and Clinical Skills Generated

Appendix 2: Diagnosis by Case

Appendix 3: Conversion Table of SI to Common Units

Index

End User License Agreement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118918166

1118918169

9781118917787

1118917782

OCLC:

1006411205