Veterinary Anaesthesia

✍ Scribed by Alexandra Dugdale

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive textbook covers the key principles of veterinary anaesthesia and encompasses a wide range of species. Information is summarised in a simple, reader-friendly format, while still providing the detail you need for an advanced level of study. The easy-reference structure is designed to help you identify and access topics of interest quickly. Over 180 photographs and line drawings illustrate the scientific principles, equipment and the techniques you need to know. A self-test section at the end of every chapter helps you to learn and revise each topic.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
......Page 3
Table of Contents
......Page 7
Concepts of g eneral a naesthesia......Page 11
Pre - o perative a ssessment......Page 14
Pain......Page 18
Small a nimal s edation and p remedication......Page 40
Injectable a naesthetic a gents......Page 55
Quick r eference g uide to a nalgesic i nfusions......Page 65
Intravascular c atheters: s ome c onsiderationsand c omplications......Page 67
Inhalation a naesthetic a gents......Page 74
Anaesthetic b reathing s ystems......Page 86
Anaesthetic m achines, v aporisers and g as c ylinders......Page 103
Anaesthetic m achine c hecks......Page 117
Local a naesthetics......Page 119
Local a naesthetic t echniques for the h ead:Small a nimals......Page 128
Local a naesthetic t echniques for the l imbs:Small a nimals......Page 133
Miscellaneous l ocal a naesthetic t echniques:Small a nimals......Page 142
Local a naesthetic t echniques: Horses......Page 145
Muscle r elaxants......Page 151
Monitoring animals under g eneral a naesthesia......Page 166
Troubleshooting s ome of the p roblems e ncounteredin a naesthetised p atients......Page 185
Hypothermia: Consequences and p revention......Page 189
Blood g as a nalysis......Page 192
Lactate......Page 202
Fluid t herapy......Page 208
Electrolytes......Page 226
Drugs a ffecting the c ardiovascular s ystem......Page 235
Shock......Page 242
Gastric d ilation/ v olvulus ( GDV )......Page 254
Equine s edation and p remedication......Page 257
Equine h eart m urmurs......Page 269
Equine a naesthesia......Page 270
Equine i ntravenous a naesthesia in the fi eldand s tanding c hemical r estraint......Page 284
Donkeys......Page 287
Ruminants: Local and g eneral a naesthesia......Page 289
Lamoids ( f ormerly South American c amelids)( l lamas, a lpacas, g uanacos and v icunas)......Page 309
Pigs: Sedation and a naesthesia......Page 312
Rabbit a naesthesia......Page 319
Neonates/ p aediatrics......Page 322
Geriatrics......Page 325
Pregnancy and Caesarean s ections......Page 328
Considerations for o cular s urgery......Page 332
Orthopaedic c oncerns......Page 335
Renal c onsiderations......Page 337
Hepatic c onsiderations......Page 340
Some e ndocrine c onsiderations......Page 343
Background to neuroanaesthesia for the brain......Page 347
Some c ardiac c onsiderations......Page 351
Some r espiratory c onsiderations......Page 354
Respiratory e mergencies......Page 357
Cardiopulmonary c erebral r esuscitation ( CPCR )......Page 369
Index
......Page 386

✦ Subjects

Медицинские дисциплины;Ветеринария;Ветеринарная анестезиология;