Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine (2^nd Ed.)

Concise, problem-oriented, and accessibly designed, the Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine 2nd Edition focuses on the essentials of medicine and surgery options of the dog and cat. The book helps start the process of case management and resolution. It includes tips and hints on interpretation of physical signs, diagnostic tests, and management of common presenting conditions. The book presents algorithms used to assist decision-making, specifically in clinical presentations and critical care. The new edition will be completely updated and contain three important new sections: Guide to Common Procedures, Client Communication and Professional Conduct and Therapeutics.

Preface. Basic Approaches. Clinical Presentations. Body Systems and Multisystemic Disease. Anaesthesia, Analgesia and Surgery. Critical Care . Further reading. Units of measurement. Selected abbreviations. Index.

Dr Kit Sturgess graduated from Cambridge University in 1986 and then spent 6 years in general veterinary practice. He has further professional qualifications in imaging, cardiology and medicine as well as a PhD awarded for looking at the feline immunodeficiency virus. He is one of only a few vets in the UK recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as a specialist in small animal medicine. Kit has been seeing referral feline and canine medicine cases for the past 20 years both at university-based and private specialist practices.

Kit is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Council sitting on the Education Committee and is chairman of the Small Animal Medicine Society. Kit has authored numerous articles and two textbooks as well as presenting lectures and research abstracts at conferences worldwide.