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Rapid Interpretation of Heart and Lung Sounds

A Guide to Cardiac and Respiratory Auscultation in Dogs and Cats

Bruce W. Keene, Francis W. K. Smith, Larry P. Tilley, Bernie Hansen (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2014 | 3rd edition
Saunders (Verlag)
978-0-323-32707-7 (ISBN)

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Composed of a website and a companion book, this package demonstrates how to do accurate clinical evaluations of the heart and lungs in the examining room. The website offers step-by-step instructions on how to identify, interpret, and differentiate heart and lung sounds in dogs and cats. Made by using a heart sound simulator as well as recordings from patients, the website also covers heart murmurs and arrhythmias.The book expands on the website content and offers clear, concise illustrations of electrocardiograms (ECGs) and polarcardiograms (PCGs). It also includes pretests and post-tests to ensure thorough understanding of the material, as well as content on properties of sound, the stethoscope, and keys to successful auscultation.

Heart sound simulator allows you to focus on the heart sounds without the distraction of respiratory sounds or artifacts of hair rubbing against the stethoscope.
Wide variety of heart and lung sounds provides you with real-life cases that are as close to clinical practice as possible.
Pretests may be taken prior to reviewing the book and website to measure how much you already know.
Posttests help determine when the material has been mastered and direct the user to remediation in areas where additional study is needed.
Inclusion of clinically-relevant conditions makes it easy for you to apply this information to day-to-day practice.
Key points called out within the text alert you to potential problems, variations on techniques, and other treatment considerations.

Lung sounds added Many more heart sounds Section on murmurs and arrhythmia expended Intros for each sound on the companion website have been expanded to provide more information

Francis W.K. Smith, Jr., DVM Diplomate ACVIM is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiology and is a clinical assistant professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. He is Vice-President and co-founder with Dr. Tilley of VetMed Consultants, Inc. Larry Patrick Tilley, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM is President, VetMedConsultants, Inc. in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dr. Tilley has been one of the foremost consultants and educators in veterinary cardiology for nearly 20 years. He is also well known as the author of the popular book, The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult (the Wiley-Blackwell publication that launched an entire series of 5-minute books) with Dr. Smith. Tilley is a popular presenter at veterinary conferences nationally and internationally. As Dr. Smith's co-founder of CardioPet in 1980, Dr. Tilley has been a driving force behind telemedicine and its development as a service devoted to consultant expertise and continuing education.

Introduction
Suggestions for Program Use
Chapter 1: Heart Sounds
Chapter 2: Murmurs
Chapter 3: Arrhythmias
Chapter 4: Lung Sounds
Appendix

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.2021
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Veterinärmedizin ► Kleintier
ISBN-10	0-323-32707-9 / 0323327079
ISBN-13	978-0-323-32707-7 / 9780323327077
Zustand	Neuware