Veterinary Anesthesia and Pain Management Secrets

Description

Veterinary anesthesia is anesthesia performed on non-human animals by a veterinarian or a Registered Veterinary Technician. Anesthesia is used for a wider range of circumstances in animals than in people, due to animals’ inability to cooperate with certain diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Veterinary anesthesia includes anesthesia of the major species: dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs, as well as all other animals requiring veterinary care such as birds, pocket pets, and wildlife. It is comprehensive, focused and covers one of the most important and fastest-emerging specialties in veterinary medicine. The topics covered in this text are patient management, preparation, pharmacology, monitoring, anesthetic complications, anesthesia and systemic disease, special anesthetic considerations, regional anesthesia, and pain management for animals of wild, zoo and laboratory. It is a gold-standard reference for anesthesia and pain management in veterinary patients. It is a well written reference on veterinary anesthesia and analgesia, combining state-of-the-art scientific knowledge and clinically relevant information. This book also contains several illustrations, tables and diagrams for better understanding of the concepts. It presents information in a user-friendly format for students at every level. Readers will find this book valuable.