Handbook Of Veterinary Anesthesia

Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia, 4th Edition is a convenient, complete, and practical resource for administering safe and effective anesthesia to small and large animals, including exotic pets. Long valued by students and practitioners alike, this handbook features all the practical and applied aspects of veterinary anesthesia, including patient evaluation, preanesthetic medications, local anesthesia and anesthetic techniques, and more. The book describes drugs used perioperatively and their clinical applications in detail and pays special attention to complementary and integrative approaches to pain management.

• Key points and special considerations are now called out in boxes to highlight the most important and critical information for immediate access.
• Comprehensive yet concise quick reference offers on-the-go, indispensable advice for anesthetic situations.
• Dogs and cats each have their own chapter, and the special needs and considerations of each species are expanded for more comprehensive coverage.
• Old and outdated drugs have been eliminated, so the focus is not on the history of veterinary anesthesia but on important, current concepts and techniques.

• Completely updated drug information and new pain management techniques.
• A new chapter discusses the unique anesthetic considerations in cats and their clinical applications.
• The latest information on local anesthesia drugs and techniques.
• Expanded coverage of post-anesthetic care, monitoring, and analgesic considerations.
• Covers anesthetic protocols for common procedures in each species.
• Includes new coverage of the use of constant rate infusion perioperatively.
• Expanded coverage of euthanasia includes the most current AVMA guidelines for euthanasia techniques.

Annotation

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

The second edition of this handbook contains an updated text and illustrations on a wide variety of topics pertinent to veterinary anesthesia. Material is presented in an outline format without references. The authors are well respected, board-certified veterinary anesthesiologists who have done an excellent job of condensing a large amount of data into an outline format. The purpose is to clarify, but not oversimplify, information that allows a more comprehensive understanding of the practice of clinical anesthesia. The topic of anesthesia, especially the clinical knowledge necessary to perform such a daunting task, is always timely, and one can never be too secure. As such, a handbook on veterinary anesthesia is of particular value to students who are just learning the concepts as well as to the practitioner who may need to refresh himself on some new technique or to update himself on some new drug. Concepts and practical methods of performing anesthesia are presented in a very concise and organized format. The numerous illustrations, quotes, and tables make for enjoyable, entertaining, and sometimes even thought-provoking reading. This is quite unusual for materials packaged in a handbook format. In addition, this small volume also covers a good deal of practical information on fluid therapy, blood transfusions, respiratory and cardiac emergencies, and euthanasia. The four appendixes provide valuable information to practitioner on sources of drugs and equipment, physical principles of anesthesia, methods of doing humane research of animals, and drug schedules. This is a well-done handbook of veterinary anesthesia and ancillary topics, and I am sure the second edition, as the first,will be valued by both students and graduate veterinarians.