DESCRIPTION:
This title allows users to effectively diagnose and treat any acute disease of the stomach, intestines, peritoneum, liver and abdominal wall. Its authorship includes over 20 internationally recognized experts that provide critical information needed by practitioners for management of abdominal diseases. This informative resource provides a thorough discussion of normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology. Surgical techniques are broken down into an easy to read step-by-step format. This highly visual presentation, over 410 illustrations, is a necessary edition to an equine practitioner""s library.
CONTENTS:
Part 1. Normal Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 1. Gross and Microscopic Anatomy of the Equine Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 2. Physiology of the Digestive Tract Gastric Secretory Function
Chapter 3. Effects of Feeding on Equine Gastrointestinal Function or Physiology
Chapter 4. Intestinal Motility and Transit
Part 2. Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal Diseases
Chapter 5. Pathophysiology of Gastric Ulcer Disease
Chapter 6. Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal Disease: Obstruction and Strangulation
Chapter 7. Prevention and Treatment of Postoperative Intraabdominal Adhesions in Horses
Chapter 8. Pathophysiology of Peritonitis
Chapter 9. Pathophysiology of Enteritis and Colitis
Chapter 10. Malabsorption Syndromes
Chapter 11. Liver Diseases and Liver Failure
Chapter 12. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome: Endotoxemia Reconsidered
Part 3. Intestinal Parasitism
Chapter 13. Intestinal Parasitism
Part 4. Epidemiology
Chapter 14. Epidemiology of Colic
Part 5. Diagnosis
Chapter 15. Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Disease
Part 6. Medical Management
Chapter 16. Medical Management of Gastrointestinal Diseases
Chapter 17. Treatment of Shock
Chapter 18. Treatment of Endotoxemia
Chapter 19. Treatment of Peritonitis
Chapter 20. Diagnosis and Treatment of Enteritis and Colitis in the Horse
Chapter 21. Nonsurgical Management of Nephrosplenic Entrapment of the Large Colon
Chapter 22. Colic in the Foal
Part 7. Nutritional Management
Chapter 23. Nutritional Management of the Colic Patient
Part 8. Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery
Chapter 24. Anesthesia for Horses with Colic
Part 9. Surgery for Acute Abdominal Disease
Chapter 25. Preparation of the Patient
Chapter 26. Surgical Exploration and Manipulation
Chapter 27. Surgical Techniques
Chapter 28. Intestinal Viability
Chapter 29. Large-Colon Enterotomy, Resection and Anastomosis
Chapter 30. Small Intestinal Resection and Anastomosis
Chapter 31. Abdominal Closure
Part 10. Intensive Care and Postoperative Care
Chapter 32. Monitoring Treatment for Abdominal Disease
Chapter 33. Postoperative Complications
Part 11. Specific Diseases
Chapter 34. Diseases of the Stomach
Chapter 35. Liver Diseases In Foals
Chapter 36. Diseases Of The Small Intestine
Chapter 37. Diseases of the Cecum Cecocecal and cecocolic intussusception
Chapter 38. Specific diseases of the large colon
Chapter 39. Disorders of the Small Colon
Chapter 40. Vascular and strangulating lesions
Chapter 41. Colic and Pregnancy
Chapter 42. Colic From Alternative Systems - "False Colics"
Chapter 43. Abdominal Injuries
Chapter 44. Laminitis Associated with Acute Abdominal Disease
