This book is intended to serve as a companion to Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline. 4th ed. It contains information about more than 250 diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests. Topics are arranged in alphabetic order for ease of use. Introductory topics covered include general principles for performing blood, fecal, and urine tests, and also endoscopy, radiography, and ultrasonography. Diagnostic procedure topics present clinically relevant information to determine whether the procedure is indicated, as well as an overview of how to perform the procedure and interpret the results. Diagnostic procedures covered range from adrenal ultrasonsography and ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring to tonometry and Wood’s lamp examination. Laboratory test topics include comprehensive information on test preparation, performance, factors that affect each test, and a brief guide to test interpretation. In many chapters, enough information is included to enable practitioners to perform a procedure inclinic. There are, however, limited numbers of diagrams and photographs. For those wishing for more detailed techniques or instructions how to perform a procedure, suggested readings are provided. Other chapters provide practicing veterinarians with sufficient information to understand a procedure and prepare clients and patients for a possible referral.
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