Osweiler Gary D. (et al.) Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology

Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. — 886 p. — (Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult). — ISBN: 978-0-8138-1985-3This addition to the popular Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult series presents essential information on the diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of important toxicoses. Using a succinct and accessible format, the book is organized by major categories of toxicants to aid in rapid differential diagnosis for suspected poisonings. All information is organized alphabetically for ease of use, while accompanying color photos aid in identification. The book’s quick-access, clinically-oriented presentation of vital information makes it an ideal guide to handling toxicoses in veterinary practice.Includes chapters on decontamination, emergency and supportive therapy, antidotes, and principles of diagnosis. Designed to help you quickly develop a differential diagnosis list; confirm the diagnosis; and manage therapeutic options in poisonings.Section 1: Clinical Toxicology
Decontamination and Detoxification of the Poisoned Patient
Emergency Management of the Poisoned Patient
Antidotes and Other Useful Drugs
Laboratory Diagnostics for ToxicologySection 2: Specific Toxicants
Alcohols and Glycol Ethers
Construction and Industrial Materials
Drugs: Human Prescription
Drugs: Illicit and Recreational
Drugs: Over-the-Counter
Drugs: Veterinary Prescription
Envenomations
Foods
Foreign Objects
Garden, Yard, and Farm Chemicals
Herbals
Home Care and Recreational Products
Insecticides and Molluscacides
Metals and Metalloids
Nondrug Consumer Products
Plants and Biotoxins
Rodenticides
Toxic GasesSection 3: Reference Information
Information Resources for Toxicology
Metallic Toxicants Table
Toxic Plant Tables
Topical Toxins: Common Human OTC Dermatological Preparations