Descrizione
The problem-oriented approach (POA) is the method recommended by the College
of Internal Medicine to address and resolve medical questions and problems.
Hence the idea of creating a book based on algorithms dealing with the main
clinical and laboratory canine and feline clinical abnormalities, using an innovative
perspective.
Each of the 85 chapters begins with a short introduction which
includes the basic pathophysiological and classification information. By means of
each algorithm, the clinician is guided, step by step, in carrying out diagnostic
investigations in a sequential manner, reaching a diagnosis and setting up
treatment.
In this book, two useful and innovative aspects were included: color
codes and links for additional information within the algorithm.
Yellow indicates the
diagnostic path, red the diagnosis and blue the therapy; this allows the
veterinarian to be guided through the diagnostic labyrinth in order to reach the
most appropriate therapy. Inside the red boxes, the list of differential diagnoses for
each problem can quickly be identified.
By following the yellow boxes one can
understand how to reach these diagnoses, and optimize the diagnostic protocol.
Moreover, comprehensive notes, linked to the algorithms by references, give more
details regarding a specific diagnostic investigation, a particular disease or the
therapy recommended.