Small Animal Internal Medicine Notes

Description:

These notes are provided to students who are enrolled in the Small Animal Medicine II course at Ross University. The notes were written so as to provide a solid and thorough understanding of the disease pathophysiology at hand.

They cover the following topics:
1. Endocrinology
2. Nephrology/urology
3. Ophthalmology
4. Gastroenterology

The notes are organized in such a manner as to first provide a succint review of pertinent anatomy and physiology, followed by clinical approach (key historical and physical exam findings), then diagnostic evaluation (labwork, specialized studies) and finally therapeutic options and prognosis. The notes were written with an eye to a solid understanding of the disease process at hand with particular attention paid to clinically relevant points in a straightforward manner.

Over the past 10 years, during my teaching career, I have been approached by students on numerous occasions with a request to "publish" the notes and make them available to a wider audience. I am very pleased to now be able to offer them on this site.

Table of Contents

1. Hypoglycemia & Insulinoma
2. Hypothyroidism
3. Calcium disorders
4. Hyperthyroidism
5. Hypoadrenocorticism
6. Hyperadrenocorticism
7. Diabetes mellitus
8. Diabetic ketoacidosis

1. Renal physiology & Fluids
2. Diagnosis of renal disease
3. Acute renal failure
4. Chronic renal failure: pathogenesis
5. Chronic renal failure: treatment
6. Proteinuria & Glomerular disease
7. PU/PD & Urinary neoplasia
8. Canine lower urinary tract disease
9. Urolithiasis
10. Feline lower urinary tract disease
11. Micturition disorders
12. Prostatic disease

1. Dental & Oropharyngeal diseases
2. Esophageal disease
3. Vomiting & Diseases of stomach
4. Acute diarrhea
5. Chronic small bowel diarrhea & EPI
6. Chronic large bowel diarrhea
7. Pancreatitis
8. Hepatic disease: diagnosis
9. Feline and canine hepatic disease
10. Portosystemic shunts & Treatment of hepatic disease

(Edited by Dr. Rowan Blogg)
1. Eye exam & exophthalmos
2. Eyelid & third eyelid disease
3. Epiphora, KCS & conjunctivitis
4. Disease of the cornea
5. Disease of the lens
6. Red eye & uveitis
7. Glaucoma
8. Blindness & disease of retina/ON
9. Anisocoria