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Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals.

Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals offers veterinarians, veterinary students and technicians a comprehensive reference to the latest information relating to the principles and practice of nutritional support in small animals that require hospitalization. Represents the definitive r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chan, Daniel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1 Nutritional assessment in small animals""; ""Introduction""; ""Indications for nutritional assessment""; ""Methods of nutritional assessment""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Estimating energy requirements of small animal patients""; ""Introduction""; ""Assessing energy requirements""; ""Methods for determining energy needs""; ""Predictive equations of energy needs""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Routes of nutritional support in small animals""
  • ""Introduction""""Enteral routes of nutritional support""; ""Nasoesophageal tube feeding""; ""Esophagostomy tube feeding""; ""Gastrostomy tube feeding""; ""Jejunostomy tube feeding""; ""Parenteral nutrition""; ""Combined enteral and parenteral approach""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Nasoesophageal feeding tubes in dogs and cats""; ""Introduction""; ""Indications, contraindications and patient selection""; ""Procedure for tube placement and confirmation of correct positioning""; ""Choosing feeding tube type and size""; ""Tube placement technique""
  • ""Confirmation of accurate placement""""Monitoring and ongoing care""; ""Diets and tube feeding""; ""Complications and troubleshooting""; ""Tracheal intubation""; ""Vomiting""; ""Tube blockage""; ""Rhinitis, epistaxis and dacrocystitis""; ""Reflux esophagitis""; ""Removal and transition to oral feeding""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Esophagostomy feeding tubes in dogs and cats""; ""Introduction""; ""Indications and contraindications for esophagostomy tubes""; ""Esophagostomy tube placement and feeding guidelines""; ""Monitoring""; ""Complications""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""References""
  • ""Chapter 6 Gastrostomy feeding tubes in dogs and cats""""Introduction""; ""Indications and contraindications for gastrostomy tubes""; ""Gastrostomy tube placement""; ""Requirements for peg feeding tube placement""; ""Technique for peg tube placement""; ""Feeding via gastrostomy tubes""; ""Monitoring of gastrostomy tubes, transition to oral feeding and tube removal""; ""Tube removal""; ""Complications""; ""Summary""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 Jejunostomy feeding tubes in dogs and cats""; ""Introduction""; ""Indications for a jejunostomy feeding tube""
  • ""Jejunostomy feeding tube placement technique""""Administration of liquid diets""; ""Complications of jejunostomy tubes""; ""Removal of jejunostomy tubes""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 Minimally invasive placement of postpyloric feeding tubes""; ""Introduction""; ""Indications and patient selection""; ""Nasojejunal tube placement""; ""Technique description""; ""Monitoring""; ""Complications""; ""Gastrojejunal tube placement""; ""Technique description""; ""Monitoring""; ""Complications""; ""Esophagojejunal tube placement""; ""Technique description""; ""Monitoring""