The body is principally composed of water, and this aqueous milieu provides the framework
where all metabolic and enzymatic processes take place. An understanding of the …

Fluid and electrolyte therapy in the perioperative period continues to challenge veterinary
clinicians, and no aspect of anesthesia is more important to recognize and manage. Patients …

In the past, the administration of fluids in the perioperative period and in the critical care
setting has been largely based on anecdote and/or flawed studies rather than sound …

Fluid therapy is one of the most important, yet controversial, aspects of therapy in veterinary
medicine. This book presents guidelines for the safe implementation of fluid and transfusion …

Blood transfusions have many things in common with fluid therapy. Like crystalloid and
colloid solutions, blood products are not used to treat disease; they are supportive therapies …

Fluids are drugs used in veterinary patients capable of producing beneficial therapeutic or
inadvertent harmful effects within the body's intravascular, interstitial, and intracellular fluid …

An understanding of the basic physiology of fluid and electrolyte balance and the impact of
surgery and anaesthesia on homeostatic mechanisms is essential to safe patient …

Intravenous administration of fluids to veterinary patients is very common, and placement of
an intravenous catheter is one of the most common invasive procedures performed in …

This chapter provides a solid basis for any emergency and critical care veterinary nurse on
the topics of fluid therapy, electrolyte disorders, and acid‐base disturbances. This chapter …

THE administration of fluid therapy is commonly used in veterinary medicine to combat
dehydration, hypovolaemia and hypoperfusion, to maintain intravascular volume and …