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

This title provides practitioners with a practical guide to anesthesia that is easy to use in the office setting. It is organized with the busy practitioner in mind, and in the sequence that anesthesia is performed. The presentation includes step -by- step protocols for restraint, anesthesia and patient monitoring along with over 50 well designed tables covering drugs, complications and specific diseases conditions. This title is a helpful tool that can assist practitioners in problem solving the factors that place some patients at higher risk for anesthesia. Veterinarians will enjoy the Content: The preanesthetic period -- The induction period -- The anesthetic period -- The anesthetic period : maintenance -- The anesthetic period : predictable problems -- The anesthetic period : other small animals -- The ''Nobody Wins'' period : cardiac arrest and resuscitation -- The recovery period. This book provides practitioners with a practical guide to anesthesia, easy to use in the office setting and organized with the busy practitioner in mind, in the sequence that anesthesia is performed.