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American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care: Resident Literature List

CVM Emergency & Critical Care Residency

Required Journals (links to NCSU Libraries' Journal List or Catalog)

• Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
• Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
• American Journal of Veterinary Research
• Veterinary Surgery
• Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• Veterinary Clinics of North America (small or large animal as pertains to the practice)
• Compendium: Continuing Education for Veterinarians - Register for free online access for veterinarians by clicking on "Subscribe or Renew."
• Critical Care Medicine
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Large Animal Specific
• Equine Veterinary Journal
• Equine Veterinary Education
• Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Supplemental Journals (links to NCSU Libraries' Journal List or Catalog)

• Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
• Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia
• Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound
• Veterinary Journal (formerly British Veterinary Journal)
• Canadian Veterinary Journal - Online version lacks most recent 3 months.
• Topics in Companion Animal Medicine (previously Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Medicine)
• Journal of Small Animal Practice
• Journal of Trauma - Changed title in 1994 to Journal of Trauma Injury Infection & Critical Care - Library subscription ends with 2002. - read abstracts online and request individual articles free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan.
• Intensive Care Medicine
• Chest
• Current Opinion in Critical Care - No library subscription - read abstracts online and request individual articles free through Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan or visit UNC Health Sciences Library
• Critical Care Clinics
• Circulation - Current year available only in print.

Required Textbooks

Physiology (at least one each in General, Cardiovascular, Renal and Respiratory)

General

• Medical physiology: a cellular and molecular approach. Walter F. Boron, Emile L. Boulpaep. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 2009. (older editions also available)
• Review of medical physiology. William F. Ganong. 22nd ed., Los Altos, CA: Lange, 2005.
• Textbook of medical physiology. Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall. 11th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2006.
• Berne & Levy Physiology. Koeppen & Stanton, et al. 6th ed. 2008. Will be ordered--in the meantime request interlibrary loan through TripSaver. NCSU Libraries has Berne & Levy Principles of Physiology. Robert M. Berne, Matthew N. Levy. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2006.

Cardiovascular

• Mohrman & Heller. Cardiovascular Physiology, 6th ed. Lange Medical/McGraw Hill, 2006.
• Heart Physiology: From Cell to Circulation. Lionel H. Opie. 4th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2004.

Renal

• Brenner & Rector’s The Kidney, Brenner, 8th ed. Philadelphia : Saunders Elsevier, c2008.
• Vander’s Renal Physiology, Eaton, Pooler, & Vander, 6th ed. New York : Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2004.
• Koeppen, Bruce, Stanton. Renal Physiology, 4th ed. Mosby Elsevier, 2007.
• Clinical physiology of acid-base and electrolyte disorders. Burton David Rose, Theodore W. Post. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 2001.

Respiratory

• Lumb, Andrew B; Nunn, J.F. Nunn’s Applied Respiratory Physiology. 6th ed.  Philadelphia : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 2005.
• Respiratory Physiology: the Essentials, West, 8th ed. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

Veterinary ECC Textbooks – all from Group A and at least one from Group B:

Group A: Small animal

• The Veterinary ICU book. Wayne E. Wingfield, Marc R. Raffe. Jackson Hole, Wyo.: Teton NewMedia, 2002.
• Small Animal Critical Care Medicine, Silverstein & Hopper. St. Louis, Mo. ; Edinburgh : Saunders Elsevier, c2009.
• Manual of small animal emergency and critical care medicine. Douglass K. Macintire, et al. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Large animal

• Equine emergencies: treatment and procedures. [NB: Reading list says "Manual of..."] James A. Orsini, Thomas J. Divers. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa.; Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders, 2008.

Group B: Small animal

• Veterinary emergency and critical care manual. Karol A. Mathews. 2nd ed. Guelph, Ont.: Lifelearn Inc., 2006. (older editions also available)
• Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures, Hackett. Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub. Professional, 2006.

Large animal

• The Equine Hospital Manual, Corley K and Stephen J eds. Oxford, UK ; [Ames, Iowa] : Blackwell, 2008.

Human Intensive Care Textbook – at least one

• Textbook of critical care. Ake Grenvik, Stephen M. Ayres, Peter R. Holbrook, William C. Shoemaker. 4th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2000. (older editions also available)
• Textbook of Critical Care, Fink, et al., 2005 ed. (replaces Shoemaker 4th ed.)
• Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult. Parrillo and Dellinger, 3rd ed. 2007. Request interlibrary loan through TripSaver
• The ICU book. Paul L. Marino. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 2007.

Fluid Therapy / Acid-Base / Electrolyte Textbook – at least one

• Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders in small animal practice. Stephen P. DiBartola. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2008.
• Halperin, M.L. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base physiology : a problem-based approach. 3rd ed. Saunders, 1999.
• Clinical physiology of acid-base and electrolyte disorders. Burton David Rose, Theodore W. Post. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 2001.

Textbook on General Internal Medicine – at least one from the appropriate group:

Small Animal

• Textbook of veterinary internal medicine. Stephen J. Ettinger. 6th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2005.
• Nelson, Couto. Small animal internal medicine. 4th ed. Elsevier Mosby, 2009.

Large Animal

• Equine internal medicine. Stephen M. Reed, Warwick M. Bayly, Deborah Sellon. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003. (pertinent chapters)
• Large Animal Internal Medicine, Smith, 4th ed. Mosby, 2009. (excluding food animal sections)

Textbook on Veterinary Surgery – at least one from the appropriate group:

Small Animal

• Small animal surgery. Theresa Welch Fossum. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2007.
• Textbook of small animal surgery. Douglas Slatter. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2003.

Large Animal

• Equine surgery. 3rd ed. Jörg A. Auer and John A. Stick. Philadelphia, Pa.; Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders, 2005. (chapters 2-15)

Textbook on Anesthesia – at least one:

• William J. Tranquilli, John C. Thurmon, Kurt A. Grimm. Lumb & Jones' veterinary anesthesia and analgesia. 4th ed. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub., 2007.
• Veterinary Anesthesia & Analgesia. McKelvey & Hollingshead. 3rd ed., Mosby, 2003.

Textbook on Mechanical Ventilation – at least one:

• Hess, Dean. Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation. 2nd ed. McGraw- Hill, 2003.
• Mechanical ventilation. Neil R. MacIntyre, Richard D. Branson. 2nd ed. Saunders Elsevier, c2009.
• Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation. Tobin, 2nd ed., 2006. Request interlibrary loan through TripSaver.
• Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications, Pilbeam & Cairo, 4th ed., 2006. Request interlibrary loan through TripSaver. NCSU Libraries has 1st ed.

Textbook on Pharmacology – at least one:

• Boothe. Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Saunders, 2001.
• Small animal clinical pharmacology. Jill E. Maddison, Stephen W. Page, David Church. 2nd ed. London; New York: W.B. Saunders, 2008.
• Equine Clinical Pharmacology. Bertone & Horspool. Saunders, 2004.

Textbook on Toxicology – at least one:

• Veterinary Toxicology: Basic and Clinical Principles. Gupta. Academic Press, 2007.
• Clinical veterinary toxicology. Konnie H. Plumlee. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, 2004.
• Small animal toxicology. Michael E. Peterson, Patricia A. Talcott. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier, 2006.

Textbook on Clinical Pathology – at least one:

• Fundamentals of veterinary clinical pathology. Steven L. Stockham, Michael A. Scott. 2nd ed. Ames: Iowa State Press, 2008.
• Duncan & Prasse’s Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology. Latimer et al., 4th ed. Iowa State Press, 2003.
• Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods. Willard & Tvedten, 4th ed. Saunders, 2004.

Textbooks on Specific Areas of Internal Medicine – for Small Animal Trainees only – each is required:

• Veterinary pediatrics: dogs and cats from birth to six months. Johnny D. Hoskins. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2001.
• Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy.  13th- 14th ed. Williams and Wilkins, 2009.
• King, Leslie. Textbook of respiratory disease in dogs and cats. Saunders, 2004.
• Infectious diseases of the dog and cat. Craig E. Greene. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders/Elsevier, 2006.
• Canine and feline endocrinology and reproduction. Edward C. Feldman, Richard W. Nelson. St. Louis: W.B. Saunders, 2004.
• Essentials of Veterinary Ophthalmology. Kirk N. Gelatt. 2nd ed. Blackwell, 2008.

Text on Neurology – at least one:

• Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Neurology. Bagley. Blackwell Pub., 2005.
• Handbook of Veterinary Neurology. Lorenz & Kornegay, 4th ed. Saunders, 2004.
• BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology. Platt and Olby, 3rd ed. 2004

Text on Oncology:

• Withrow and MacEwen's small animal clinical oncology. 4th ed. Elsevier Saunders, 2007.

Textbook on Cardiology – at least one:

• Textbook of canine and feline cardiology: principles and clinical practice. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1999.
• Small animal cardiovascular medicine. Mark D. Kittleson, Richard D. Kienle. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1998.

Textbooks on Specific Areas of Internal Medicine – for Large Animal Trainees only – each is required:

• Equine Neurology. Reed & Furr. Blackwell, 2008.
• Equine Infectious Diseases.Sellon & Long. Elsevier, 2007.

Supplemental Textbooks

The following is a ACVECC list of suggested resources that may aid the resident with learning specific and specialized facets of emergency and critical care medicine.

• Review of veterinary physiology. Larry R. Engelking. Jackson, Wyo.: Teton New Media, 2002.
• Renal pathophysiology: the essentials. 2nd ed. Burton D. Rose, Helmut G. Rennke. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 2007
• Pulmonary pathophysiology: the essentials. John B. West. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. [title on list is Respiratory Pathophysiology]
• Veterinary emergency medicine secrets. Wayne E. Wingfield. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Hanley & Belfus, 2000.
• Critical care. Robert J. Murtaugh. 2nd ed. Jackson Hole, Wyo.: Teton New Media, 2002.
• Darovic. Handbook of Hemodynamic Monitoring. 2nd ed. 2003. Request through TripSaver
• Flynn, Janet-Beth. Introduction to Critical Care Skills. Mosby, 1993.
• Tobin, MJ. Principles and Practice of Intensive Care Monitoring.McGraw-Hill, 1998.
• Ahrens, Thomas. Hemodynamic Waveform Analysis. Saunders, 1992.
• Colman. Hemostasis and thrombosis. 5th ed. LWW, 2006.
• Malley, William J. Clinical blood gases: applications and non-invasive alternatives. Saunders, 1990. Request through TripSaver. NCSU Libraries has Clinical blood gases : assessment and intervention. William J. Malley. 2nd ed. 2005.
• Martin, Lawrence. All you really need to know to interpret arterial gases. 2nd ed. Williams and Wilkins, 1999
• Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology. Thrall, 5th ed. Elsevier, 2007. [list says Textbook of Diagnostic Radiology}
• Complications in small animal surgery: diagnosis, management, prevention. Alan J. Lipowitz, et al. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1996.
• Handbook of veterinary anesthesia. William W. Muir III, et al. 4th ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby Elsevier, 2007.
• Handbook of veterinary pain management. James S. Gaynor, William W. Muir. 2nd ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, 2009.
• Waugh, Jonathan. Rapid Interpretation of Ventilator Waveforms. 2nd ed. Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2007
• Management of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient, Pierce, 2nd ed. 2006. Request through TripSaver.
• Raoof. Mechanical Ventilation Manual. Philadelphia, American College of  Physicians, 1998.
• The Pharmacologic approach to the critically ill patient. Bart Chernow. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1994. (older editions also available)
• Drugs for the Heart. 6th Ed., Opie & Gersh. Saunders, 2005. 7th ed. 2009 also available
• Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology. Tilley, 4th ed. Saunders, 2008.
• Tilley, Lawrence P. Title Essentials of canine and feline electrocardiography: interpretation and treatment. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1992.
• Strombeck's Small animal gastroenterology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1996.

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