The Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia: Small Animals, Birds, Fish and Reptiles PDF

Preface

This book is designed to provide insights into procedures and problems associated with anesthesia of small animals and other pets. This includes preemptive methodology and ways of dealing with specific situations associated with anesthesia. It has been prepared for small animal veterinarians, technicians and students not only to provide practical information about anesthesia and pain management but problem solving issues about breeds, surgical procedures, geriatrics and disease conditions that place certain patients at higher risk for anesthesia. Modern methods of monitoring the anesthetized patient are described to help in this process as well. Although the book is primarily focused on dogs and cats, it includes information on restraint, preanesthetics, anesthetic procedures, monitoring and use of analgesics for birds, exotic cats, skunks, ferrets, raccoons, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, mice, gerbils, rabbits, fish, and reptiles. The text is presented by chapters in sequence as one would do anesthesia: Preanesthesia; Induction; Maintenance; Predictable Problems; Other Small Animals including birds, fish and reptiles; Emergency Procedures; and Recovery. Methods of pain management are placed in the first chapter because effective treatment of pain begins before anesthesia and surgery start. The book includes suggested anesthetic protocols in tabular form that clinicians will find useful. In addition, anesthetics, analgesics, sedatives, tranquilizers and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are not only those available in North America but Europe, United Kingdom and other countries as well. For this purpose, it makes it easier to refer to drugs by generic name rather than only by brand name. The content is well referenced but this is not intended to be a reference text. However, it is presented in a manner that makes information easy to find and easy to read to make anesthesia safe as possible for those who deal with one of the most fascinating and challenging deciplines in veterinary practice.