Preface ixAcknowledgements xiAbout the Companion Website xiii1 Concepts and Mechanisms of General Anaesthesia 12 Patient Safety 73 Pain 194 Sedation and Premedication: Small Animals 555 Injectable Anaesthetic Agents 776 Analgesic Infusions 957 Intravascular Catheters/Cannulae: Some Considerations and Complications 998 Inhalation Anaesthetic Agents 1179 Anaesthetic Breathing Systems and Airway Devices 13910 Anaesthetic Machines, Vaporisers, and Gas Cylinders 16711 Anaesthetic Machine Checks 18712 Local Anaesthetics 19113 Local Anaesthetic Techniques for the Head: Small Animals 20514 Local Anaesthetic Techniques for the Limbs: Small Animals 21515 Miscellaneous Local Anaesthetic Techniques: Small Animals 23716 Local Anaesthetic Techniques: Horses 24317 Muscle Relaxants 25918 Monitoring Animals during General Anaesthesia 27919 Troubleshooting Some of the Problems Encountered in Anaesthetised Patients 30720 Inadvertent Peri-operative Hypothermia 31321 Blood Gas Analysis 32122 Lactate 33723 Fluid Therapy 34724 Electrolytes 37725 Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System 39326 Shock, SIRS, MODS/MOF, Sepsis 40127 Gastric Dilation/Volvulus (GDV) 42328 Equine Sedation and Premedication 42729 Equine Heart Murmurs 44330 Equine Anaesthesia 44531 Equine Intravenous Anaesthesia in the Field and Standing Chemical Restraint 47732 Donkeys 48133 Ruminants: Local and General Anaesthesia 48534 Lamoids (South American Camelids) 51935 Pigs: Sedation and Anaesthesia 52936 Rabbit Anaesthesia 54137 Neonates/Paediatrics 54738 Senescent/Geriatric Patients 55139 Pregnancy and Caesarean Sections 55540 Obesity 56141 Dental and Oral Considerations 56742 Ocular Surgery Considerations 57143 Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Considerations 57544 Renal Considerations 57945 Hepatic Considerations 58346 Endocrine Considerations 58747 Background to Neuroanaesthesia for the Brain 59548 Cardiac Considerations 60349 Respiratory Considerations 60750 Respiratory Emergencies 61151 Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (CPCR) 627Appendix A Canine Emergency Drug Doses 637Appendix B Feline Emergency Drug Doses 639Appendix C Equine Emergency Drug Doses 641Answers to Self-test Questions 643Index 651
Alex Dugdale, MA, VetMB, PhD, DVA, Dip.ECVAA, PGCert (LTHE), FHEA, MRCVS, joined ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists CVS (UK) Ltd. as a Clinical Anaesthetist in 2016, after 17 years' teaching veterinary anaesthesia at the University of Liverpool's Veterinary School, UK. She is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and an EBVS(r) European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.Georgina Beaumont, BVSc (Hons), MANZCVSc (VA&CC), Dip.ECVAA, MRCVS, joined Manchester Veterinary Specialists CVS (UK) Ltd. in 2017 as a Clinical Anaesthetist. She is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and an EBVS(r) European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.Carl Bradbrook, BVSc, CertVA, Dip.ECVAA, MRCVS, joined Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists in 2018. He is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and an EBVS(r) European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.Matthew Gurney, BVSc, CertVA, Dip.ECVAA, MRCVS, joined Northwest Surgeons in early 2009, and moved to Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists in 2018. He is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and an EBVS(r) European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.