Evidence-Based Management of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-558

  Dru Forrester, S ^a   Roudebush, Philip ^a  

^a Scientific Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTORPHANOL; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHLOROTHIAZIDE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PLUS GLUCOSAMINE; CITRATE POTASSIUM; COSEQUIN; CYSTEASE; FELIWAY; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MELOXICAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PHEROMONE; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; STRUVITE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL FOOD; CAT DISEASE; CYSTITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID THERAPY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLITHIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

FELIDAE;

EID: 34247545128     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2007.01.009     Document Type: Review

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