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
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