Minivet Guide Emergency Medicine

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Vital Parameters
• Abbreviations
• How to use this book
• Contents
• INFORMATION
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Acute Abdominal Pain
• AFAST/ TFAST
• ALI/ARDS
• Anaemia and Pale Mucous Membranes
• Anaesthesia and Analgesia
• Antimicrobial Selection
• Biochemistry
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Coagulopathy
• Constipation and Tenesmus
• Cytology
• Diarrhoea - Small intestine, Large intestine
• Effusions

Excerpt

Parameter:
Blood Glucose:
Urine output:
Fluid rate:
• Maintenance/24hrs:
• Surgical:
• Shock:
Dog:
60-180
(Pups 220)
10-30
37.5-39.1
37-55%
5.2-8.0
>1.030
(Depending on intravascular
volume and hydration deficits)
Up to 60-90ml/kg divided into
boluses, titrated to effect.
140-220
25-40
38.0-39.1
25-45%
5.7-8.0
>1.035
(Depending on intravascular
volume and hydration deficits)
Up to 55ml/kg divided into
boluses, titrate to effect.
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main-stream opinions. Due to the ever-changing nature of medical information,
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2012 04/2021
ISBN: 978-1-923122-37-6 (paperback)
HR:
RR:
Temp:
PCV:
TP (g/dL):
USG:
4.3-6.7 mmol/L
78-140 mg/dL
1-2 ml/kg/hr
= 70 x BW (kg)0.75
5 ml/kg/hr
Cat:
4.2-8.0 mmol/L
76-164 mg/dL
1-2 ml/kg/hr
= 70 x BW (kg)0.75
5 ml/kg/hr