Equine Respiratory Medicine and Surgery

Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Equine Respiratory Medicine and Surgery provides up-to-date, in-depth coverage of the diagnosis and management of respiratory disorders in the horse. It discusses respiratory physiology and examination techniques, as well as a review of the medical and surgical problems that may be encountered, organized anatomically and progressing in logical fashion from the upper airways, larynx and sinuses, through the lower airways, the lungs, and diaphragm. Common conditions covered include infections, allergy, trauma, cysts, and tumors.

Contents


1. BASIC SCIENCES

Anatomy Airway physiology Pulmonary circulation Gas exchange Airway defenses Immunology / Inflammation Pulmonary pharmacology and Therapeutics Overview


2. EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES

History & Clinical Examination Techniques Endoscopy URT & LRT (BMG) Sample Collection Including Tracheal, BALF, Pleural Aspirates Cytology & Bacteriology of Samples Thoracic Ultrasonography Radiography URT & LRT Pulmonary Scintigraphy Blood Gas Analysis Pulmonary Function Testing Pleuroscopy & Lung Biopsy Post Mortem Examination


3. INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Viruses Bacteria Mycoplasmas Fungi Lungworm / Parascaris


4. INFLAMMATORY / IMMUNE MEDIATED DISEASES COPD, SPAOPD

IAD Pulmonary Neoplasia Miscellaneous (Inhaled Foreign Bodies, Pulmonary Oedema, Alveolitis and Interstitial Pneumonia, Granulomas, Fibrosis, Smoke Inhalation, Aspiration Pneumonia, Drowning, Silicosis, Eosinophilic Pneumonia


5. FOAL RESPIRATORY DISEASES

Examination techniques which differ from adults Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome Bacterial incl R.equi, Pneumocystis Viral Meconium Aspiration Idiopathic tachypnoea Interstitial Pneumonias Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension Intensive management of the foal?s respiratory system


6. EIPH

EIPH


7. DISORDERS OF CHEST WALL, PLEURA, DIAPHRAGM & MEDIASTINUM

Pleuropneumonia Other Pleural Effusions Thoracic Wall Injuries & Pneumothorax Diaphragmatic Hernia Mediastinal Abscess / Neoplasia Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter


8. DISEASES OF THE EQUINE UPPER AIRWAYS



9. DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES FOR URT DISEASE

Radiology Sinoscopy CT Scintigraphy Treadmill evolution


10. DISORDERS OF THE NOSTRILS

Atheromas (Epidermal Inclusion Cyst) Alar Fold Stenosis Nasal Paralysis Nostril Wounds


11. DISORDERS OF THE NASAL PASSAGES

Wry Nose Nasal Septum Abnormalities Vasomotor, allergic rhinitis, Rhinitis sicca Alar fold collapse Nasal Mycoses (Aspergillus Phycomycosis, Rhinosporidiosis etc) Nasal Tumours


12. DISORDERS OF THE SINUSES

Sinoscopy Primary Empyema Dental Sinusitis Sinus Cysts Neoplasms Mycotic infections Sinus trauma Sinus neoplasia


13. DISORDERS OF THE ETHMOTURBINATES

Progressive Ethmoidal Hematoma


14. DISORDERS OF THE GUTTURAL POUCH

Anatomy Tympany Guttural Pouch Empyema Guttural Pouch Mycosis Guttural pouch Tumors (inc melanomas) Surgical Approaches Hyovertebrotomy Viborg's Approach Whitehouse Approach Modified Whitehouse Approach


15. DISORDERS OF THE NASOPHARYNX

Pharyngeal Lymphoid Hyperplasia or PLH Pharyngeal Cysts Nasopharyngeal Scarring Pharyngeal Paralysis Pharyngeal Neoplasia


16. DISORDERS OF THE SOFT PALATE

Cleft Palate Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate (DDSP)


17. DISORDERS OF THE LARYNX

Epiglottic Fold (AEF) Entrapment Cricopharyngeal laryngeal dysplasia / Rostral Displacement of the Palatopharyngeal Arch (PPA) Laryngeal Hemiplegia Neuromuscular pedicle grafting Arytenoid Chondropathy Miscellaneous disorders of the larynx webbing, injury, neoplasia


18. URT LASER SURGERY



19. DISORDERS OF THE TRACHEA



20. CRICOTRACHEAL MEMBRANE EVERSION



21. TEMPORARY TRACHEOSTOMY



22. PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY



23. TRACHEAL COLLAPSE