title: Pediatric intensive care.
abstract: To provide optimal care, a veterinarian in a pediatric intensive care situation for a puppy or kitten should be familiar with normal and abnormal vital signs, nursing care and monitoring considerations, and probable diseases. This article is a brief discussion of the pediatric intensive care commonly required to treat puppies or kittens in emergency situations and for canine parvovirus type 2 enteritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Macintire
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014730:Veterinary Medicine