Format:
1 online resource (234 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781444328646
Content:
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care: Case Studies in Client Communication, Morbidity and Mortality provides a unique opportunity to learn from real-life case examples. Presented as a collection of short case studies, the book examines a wide range of situations likely to arise in emergency practice. The approach is modeled on the Morbidity and Mortality Conferences which were first established as a training and educational tool for medical doctors. They have now been successfully adopted in veterinary medicine as a forum for case review and learning opportunities, encouraging thorough review from different perspectives. Each chapter presents a real case, and highlights the pitfalls that both novice and experienced veterinarians can encounter. A key theme of the book is on communication issues. Owner perspectives are discussed, as well as how communications between clinicians and owners can be optimized to allow veterinarians to better meet owner expectations. The cases were provided by a variety of experienced veterinarians, primarily specialists in veterinary emergency and critical care, as well as other specialties, general practice, universities, and private institutions. This highly readable book is suitable either to absorb from cover to cover, or for reference to a specific case or situation. It highlights a number of common clinical problems and communication issues that either did or may lead to difficulties in case management, helping you to avoid these situations.
Content:
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care: Case Studies in Client Communication, Morbidity and Mortality -- Contents -- Contributor list -- Preface -- Part One: Medical and Treatment Errors -- 1: Coming Up for Air: When equipment failure can be fatal -- 2: Alistair and the UTI: Sometimes antibiotics ARE indicated! -- 3: Double-Check the RX: How a simple math error cost a dog his life -- 4:Holey Chest Tube!: How some inadvertent complications led to a change in s tandard operating procedure -- 5: Count Your Sponges: A simple procedure can sometimes result in disaster -- 6: First Off, Do No Harm: Always check tube placement, by many methods! -- 7: Right Is Wrong: An example of at ragic outcome due to unmarked radiographs -- 8: Sabrina the Good Witch: The importance of using the correct syringe -- 9: Friends in High Places: An illustration of how imperative it is to correctly prepare and administer medications -- 10: Midnight: A case describing the consequences of technical complications -- 11: Sam and the Muscle Medicine: When you s hould listen to your gut and not your clients' wishes -- 12: A Shot in the Dark: The importance of discussing all potential complications prior to performing the procedure -- Part Two: Medical Judgment Errors -- 13: Another Down Dog: Sometimes things are not as they seem! -- 14: It HAS to Be Blasto!: Surprise endings -- 15: Can You Tap That Cat for Me?: Complications of common procedures -- 16: Chief's Complaint: Entertain all differential diagnoses -- 17: But He's Been Fine!: The importance of assessing thoracic radiographs in patients experiencing blunt force trauma -- 18: Would You Like Water with That? A Tale of Two Dogs: The dangers of hypernatremia! -- 19: The Great Pretender: ALWAYS consider hypoadrenocorticism as a differential diagnosis in dogs with nonspecific symptoms.
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Additional Edition:
9781405167529
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781405167529
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English
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