BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice (BSAVA by Nick Bexfield, Karla Lee

By Nick Bexfield, Karla Lee

This thoroughly new booklet takes the reader step by step during the most typical diagnostic, scientific, and surgeries utilized in canines and pussycat perform. awarded in an A to Z checklist to help retrieval, the systems aspect symptoms and contraindications; apparatus and team of workers required; step by step strategy; issues; and aftercare. specifically commissioned illustrations increase the textual content all through, and a lay-flat binding raises useability.

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30 mins prior to the procedure) • Laryngospasm and coughing • Hypoxaemia • Haemorrhage (uncommon) • Infection (rare) • Pneumothorax Further information on endoscopic equipment and techniques can be found in the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy and Endosurgery. Further information on bronchoscopy and its interpretation can be found in the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiorespiratory Medicine.

G. cardiovascular disease, impaired renal function). R S T Volume The amount of blood to be administered can be calculated as follows: • As a ‘rule of thumb’: – 2 ml blood/kg bodyweight raises the PCV by 1% • Suggested formulae for calculating the amount of whole blood required for transfusion are: – Dog: Volume of donor blood required = recipient’s bodyweight (kg) x 85 x desired PCV – recipient’s PCV PCV of donated blood U V W X Y Z 44 Procedures in Small Animal Practice A – Cat: Volume of donor blood required = B recipient’s bodyweight (kg) x 60 x desired PCV – recipient’s PCV PCV of donated blood C D Total volume given should not exceed 22 ml/kg unless there are severe ongoing losses.

6. Remove the cannula. 7. Insert the blunt probe retrograde into the tip of the cannula to expel the specimen through the base. R S T U V W X Y Z Removing the sample Procedures in Small Animal Practice 47 8. Place the specimen into an appropriate collection pot. 9. Repeat the procedure with redirection of the instrument to obtain multiple core samples. The skin incision should be sutured or closed with tissue adhesive. A B C D Obtaining multiple samples Sample handling • The sample should be fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin.

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