Thirty-eight specialists from the U.S., Europe and Canada contribute 14 chapters to this volume on the clinical and histopathologic characteristics of all important ophthalmic tumors and pseudotumors. This is the first reference text comparing ocular tumors in a wide variety of animal species and humans. The text is organized into anatomic sites in the ocular region, which are further divided into lesions arising from specific ocular and adnexal tissues, and is illustrated with some 400 b&w clinical illustrations and photomicrographs. For pathologists, ophthalmologists, molecular biologists, oncologists, researchers, and students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The application of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) can assist in improving and optimising the diagnosis, prognosis, control, treatment and ultimately the welfare of animals. It can also provide the user with a methodology for appropriate, patient orientated life-long, self-directed, learning. To practise evidence-based veterinary medicine we require a range of skills that we may not have.
This book will explain what evidence-based veterinary medicine is and show how it can be applied to veterinary practice to improve the quality of care for patients and provide informed choices for owners. It will provide the reader with a toolkit of skills necessary to practise evidence-based veterinary medicine.
The authors explain how to:
· Transform information needs into a series of clinical questions that can be answered
· Search for best available external evidence
· Critically appraise the evidence for its validity and importance
· Apply the results in clinical practice
· Understand the process of diagnosis and use of clinical diagnostic decision support systems
· Perform a decision analysis
This book is aimed at practitioners but will be of interest to veterinary surgeons at any stage of their training or career wishing to learn about EBVM.
The authors are responsible for devising and teaching an EBVM course at the veterinary school at Cambridge.
Dr Peter Cockcroft, Clinical lecturer, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
