title: Approach to Reptile Emergency Medicine.
abstract: This article summarizes the physiology and anatomy of reptiles, highlighting points relevant for emergency room veterinarians. Other systems, such as the endocrine and immune systems, have not been covered. The many other aspects of reptile species variation are too numerous to be covered. This article provides an overview but encourages clinicians to seek additional species-specific information to better medically diagnose and treat their reptile patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: sylong@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Simon Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000068881:Animals, Exotic; D004630:Emergencies / Q000662:veterinary*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000662:veterinary; D012104:Reptiles; D013045:Species Specificity; D014730:Veterinary Medicine
keywords: Anatomy; Emergency room veterinarians; Physiology; Reptile