Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine

Concise, problem-oriented, and accessibly designed, the second edition of the Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine focuses on the essentials of medicine and surgery of the dog and cat. Packed with bullet points, flowcharts, and tables for quick reference, 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. Full colour algorithms assist decision-making, specifically in clinical presentations and critical care.

• Part 1 covers an overview of basic approaches
• Parts 2 and 5, ’Clinical Presentations’ and ’Critical Care’, present a series of algorithms intended to guide the reader from presentation to diagnosis, or to outline emergency management
• Part 3 forms the core of the book, covering - in brief - the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the diseases (including a new section on exotic infections) and disorders of each body system, as well as multisystemic disorders
• Part 4 covers anaesthetics, analgesia, and surgery

This new edition is completely updated and contains important new sections on client communication and professional conduct, mental health and wellbeing, therapeutics, and common procedures.

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.