Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals

Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals Table of Contents:

1. Nutritional assessment in small animals

2. Estimating energy requirements of small animal patients

3. Routes of nutritional support in small animals

4. Nasoesophageal feeding tubes in dogs and cats

5. Esophagostomy feeding tubes in dogs and cats

6. Gastrostomy feeding tubes in dogs and cats

7. Jejunostomy feeding tubes in dogs and cats

8. Minimally invasive placement of postpyloric feeding tubes

9. Tube feeding in small animals: diet selection and preparation

10. Intravenous access for parenteral nutrition in small animals

11. Parenteral nutrition in small animals

12. Pathophysiology and clinical approach to malnutrition in dogs and cats

13. Appetite stimulants in dogs and cats

14. Adverse food reactions in small animals

15. Nutritional management of short bowel syndrome in dogs and cats

16. Refeeding syndrome in small animals

17. Feeding small animal patients with gastrointestinal motility disorders

18. Immune modulating nutrients in small animals

19. Nutritional management of superficial necrolytic dermatitis in dogs

20. Nutritional support in acute kidney injury in dogs and cats

21. Nutritional support in hepatic failure in dogs and cats

22. Nutritional management of the septic patient

23. Nutritional support during acute pancreatitis

24. Nutritional support in the mechanically ventilated small animal patient

25. Nutritional support in exotic pet species