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. High quality artwork, including relevant radiographic and ultrasonographic images, CAT scans, MRI images, and color photographs aid understanding and diagnosis. A truly international perspective includes guidelines for different geographic areas and racing jurisdictions. Features in-depth coverage of the role of the veterinarian in the management of athletic horses with respiratory tract diseases.

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 foal₂s 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.

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