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Author Chan, Daniel

Title Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals
Published Wiley, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages)
Contents ""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""
Summary 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 resource for small animal veterinarians in providing optimal nutritional support for their patients during hospitalization Discusses and demonstrates the most up-to-date techniques available for successfully implementing nutritional support for hospitalized small animal patients Provides step-by-ste
Notes ""Complications""
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Subject Nutritional Support -- veterinary
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781119052975
1119052971