BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Anaesthesia and Analgesia

New edition of a popular guide for small animal veterinary practitioners covering anaesthesia and its administration.

    This new edition covers not only the medical aspects, but also the legal, ethical and practical consequences before, during and after surgery
    The use of anaesthetics and analgesics is broken down into their use in dental, ophthalmic and thoracic surgery among others, and the impact of various diseases and disorders on their efficacy
    Provides advice on how to deal with complications and emergencies and techniques for managing pain

Table of Contents

Practice of veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia

The recovery room

Postoperative monitoring and complications

Pain management and patient comfort

Anaesthetic machine, vaporizers, ventilators

Breathing systems and ancillary equipment

Proposed author: Lynne Hughes (Dublin)

Patient monitoring, equipment and guidelines

Physiology and pathophysiology of pain

Pain assessment methods and management                 

Premedication and sedation

Anaesthetics and methods of administration                                          

Muscle relaxants         

Fluid therapy and blood transfusion

Ophthalmic surgery                                                      

Dental and oral surgery                                                 

Cardiovascular disease

Respiratory Disease

Thoracic surgery                                                                                  

Gastrointestinal and hepatic disease

Urogenital disease                                                       

Caesarian section                                                                                

Neurological disease                

Anaesthesia for MRI

Paediatric and geriatric patients

Anaesthetic accidents, reactions, complications and emergencies