Contributors Preface About the Companion Website Chapter 1 Medical History, Charting, and Physical Examination Obtaining a medical history Medical record keeping Complete physical examination Chapter 2 Compassionate Patient Care and Effective Pain Management Patient Friendly Practice Clinical conundrums Staff health and safety Perspective Patient-Friendly-Practice Nursing Considerations Pain Management What is pain Pathophysiology of pain Types of pain Psychological aspects of pain Identifying pain in animals Treating pain Chapter 3 Gastrointestinal Disease Physical examination and history Diagnostic evaluation Gastrointestinal Diseases Oral Esophageal Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Microbiome Pharmacology Nutrition Anesthesia Chapter 4 Hepatobiliary Disease Anatomy and physiology Hepatic Disease Acute hepatitis Chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis Copper associated hepatotoxicosis Hepatic Lipidosis Hepatocutaneous syndrome Hepatic encephalopathy Portosystemic shunts and congenital vascular anomaly Cholangiohepatitis/Feline cholangitis complex Posthepatic disease Cholecystitis Cholelithiasis Mucoceles Pharmacology Nutrition Anesthesia and analgesia Chapter 5 Endocrine Disease Hypothalamus Pituitary Thyroid Parathyroid Adrenal glands Enteric endocrine system Miscellaneous hormones Chapter 6 Urinary and Renal Disease Anatomy and physiology Clinical evaluation Diagnostics Laboratory Imaging BP Disorders Pyelonephritis Protein losing nephropathy Glomerulonephritis Fanconi syndrome Feline idiopathic interstitial cystitis Urinary tract infection Prostate Urethral sphincter mechanism Lithiasis Neoplasia Chronic kidney disease Acute kidney injury Treatment Minimally invasive Surgery Pharmacology Anesthesia and analgesia Nutrition Chapter 7 Musculoskeletal Disease Anatomy and physiology Clinical signs Physical examination and orthopedic examination Common diseases Muscular Neuromuscular Skeletal Diagnostic Treatment, therapy, and pharmacology Nutrition Anatomy and physiology Physical examination Upper respiratory disease Lower respiratory disease Pulmonary parenchymal disease Disease of the pleura and mediastinum Pharmacology Chapter 9 Hematologic Disease Physiology and pathophysiology Red blood cell disorders White blood cell disorders Platelet disorders Coagulation disorders Transfusion Nutrition Anesthesia Chapter 10 Infectious Disease Bacterial Viral Fungal Protozoal Diagnostics Chapter 11 Pancreatic Disease Anatomy and physiology of the pancreas Disorders of the endocrine pancreas Endocrine function Regulatory mechanisms Diabetes mellitus Diabetic ketoacidosis Diabetic hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state Disorders of the exocrine pancreas Canine pancreatitis Feline pancreatitis Feline Acromegaly Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency Chapter 12 Immunologic Disease Anatomy, pathology, and pathophysiology Diagnostic testing Pharmacology Vaccines Chapter 13 Oncology Cancer biology Evaluation and diagnostics Common cancers Lymphoma Skin and subcutaneous Gastrointestinal Liver Pancreas Oral tumors Respiratory Musculoskeletal Cardiac Endocrine Urogenital Nervous Hematopoietic Chapter 14 Cardiology Anatomy Examination Diagnostic Disease Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Feline arterial thromboembolism Dilated cardiomyopathy Myxomatous valvular disease Pericardial effusion Congenital cardiac disease Heartworm Infective endocarditis Pulmonary Hypertension Systemic effect Critical thinking Anesthesia Nutrition Client education Chapter 15 Neurology Anatomy Examination and lesion localization Cerebrospinal fluid analysis Diagnostic imaging Electrodiagnostic testing Cerebrovascular disease Neoplasia Inflammatory Disease Trauma Epilepsy Hydrocephalus Cranial neuropathies Spinal conditions Neuromuscular disease Peri-operative care Anesthesia and analgesia Nutritional considerations Application of Critical Thinking and nursing knowledge Client education Chapter 16 Nursing Techniques Diagnostics Pharmacology Nutritional Considerations Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process Communication.