Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals

Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals offers veterinarians, veterinary students and technicians a comprehensive reference to the latest information relating to the principles and practice of nutritional support in small animals that require hospitalization. Featuring contributions from a variety of experts and practitioners in the field, this book provides an accessible resource on the most up–to–date techniques available for successfully implementing nutritional support in a veterinary hospital. Some of the highlights of this new resource include: Assessment of the nutritional status and energy needs of small animal patients Step–by–step pictorial instructions on how to implement the most appropriate techniques for particular patients, including routes of nutritional support, and feeding tube options Expected outcomes and possible complications associated with feeding modalities along with strategies to minimize risk of complications Support in unique challenges of nutritional management of hospitalized exotic species Offering clear and concise instructions on state–of–the–art techniques and approaches in the field, Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals is the definitive resource for small animal veterinarians wishing to provide optimal nutritional support for their patients during hospitalization.

Chapter 1: Nutritional Assessment
Kathryn E. Michel

Chapter 2: Estimating Energy Requirements
Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 3: Routes of Nutritional Support
Sally Perea

Chapter 4: Nasoesophageal Feeding Tubes
Isuru Gajanayake

Chapter 5: Esophagostomy Feeding Tubes
Laura Eirmann

Chapter 6: Gastrostomy Feeding Tubes
Isuru Gajanayake, Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 7: Esophagostomy Feeding Tubes
Laura Eirmann

Chapter 8: Minimally Invasive Placement of Post–pyloric Feeding Tubes
Matthew W. Beal

Chapter 9: Tube Feeding: Diet Selection and Preparation
Iveta Becvarova

Chapter 10: Intravenous access for parenteral nutrition
Sophie Adamantos

Chapter 11: Parenteral Nutrition
Daniel L. Chan and Lisa M. Freeman

Chapter 12: Pathophysiology and Clinical Approach to Malnutrition
Jason W. Gagne and Joseph J Wakshlag

Chapter 13: Appetite Stimulants
Lisa P. Weeth

Chapter 14: Adverse food reactions
Cecilia Villaverde and Marta Hervera

Chapter 15: Nutritional Management of Short Bowel Syndrome
Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 16: Refeeding Syndrome
Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 17: Feeding Patients with Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
Karin Allenspach  and Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 18: Immune Modulating Nutrients
Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 19: Nutritional Management of Superficial Necrolytic Dermatitis
Andrea V. Volk  and Ross Bond

Chapter 20: Nutritional Support in Acute Kidney Injury
Denise A. Elliott

Chapter 21: Nutritional Support in Hepatic Failure
Renee M Streeter and Joseph J Wakshlag

Chapter 22: Nutritional Management of the Septic Patient
Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 23: Nutritional Support during Acute Pancreatitis
Kristine B. Jensen and Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 24: Nutritional Support in the Mechanically Ventilated Small Animal Patient
Daniel L. Chan

Chapter 25: Nutritional Support in Exotic Pet Species
Jeleen A. Briscoe , La Toya Latney, and Cailin R. Heinze

Daniel L. Chan is Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care and Clinical Nutrition at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK where he is the Head of the Section for Emergency and Critical Care and of the Nutritional Support Service. He is a Diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition.