Veterinary anesthesia and pain management secrets /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Hanley & Belfus,
[2002]
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| Series: | Secrets series.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Patient management
- Airway maintenance
- Oxygenation and ventilation
- Electrolytes
- Fluid therapy
- Blood and blood products
- The autonomic nervous system (ANS)
- Pt. 2. Patient preparation
- Preanesthetic evaluation
- Premedication
- Anesthetic machines
- Anesthetic circuits
- Vaporizers
- Pt. 3. Pharmacology
- Opioids
- α₂-agonists
- Tranquilizers
- Intravenous anesthetics
- Inhalant anesthetics
- Local anesthetics
- Neuromuscular blocking agents
- Pt. 4. Patient monitoring
- Respiratory monitoring
- Pulse oximetry
- Neuromuscular monitoring
- Monitoring the electroencephalogram
- Pt. 5. Perianesthetic complications
- Hypotension
- Cardiac dysrhythmias
- Hypothermia
- Hyperthermia
- Pt. 6. Anesthesia and systemic disease
- Anesthesia of patients with cardiac disease
- Aspiration
- Respiratory diseases
- Perioperative management of patients with liver disease
- Renal disease
- Anesthesia for the patient with neurologic disease
- Endocrine disease
- Ocular disorders
- Approach to trauma patients
- Pt. 7. Special anesthetic considerations
- Neonatal anesthesia
- Anesthesia of geriatric patients
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Canine breed-specific problems
- Feline anesthesia
- Equine anesthesia
- Ruminant anesthesia
- Anesthesia in South American camelids
- Porcine anesthesia
- Avian anesthesia
- Reptile anesthesia and analgesia
- Anesthesia of urban wildlife and farmed game
- Laboratory animal anesthesia
- Euthanasia
- Pt. 8. Regional anesthesia
- Dental nerve blocks
- Epidural anesthesia
- Other local anesthetic techniques
- Pt. 9. Pain management for small animals
- Physiology of acute pain
- Recognition of pain in small animals
- Pre-emptive analgesia
- Postoperative analgesic techniques
- Analgesic combinations
- Physiology of chronic pain
- Management of chronic pain
- Acupuncture analgesia.