Manual of Equine Anesthesia and Analgesia covers all the traditional methods of anesthesia and recent developments and it provides the reader with essential information on the scientific basis of anesthesia, as well as giving handy tips on more practical aspects of anesthesia.

• Covers all the latest developments in equine anesthesia whilst providing the reader with lost of practical information
• Includes detailed coverage of the sciences behind anesthesia and the drugs used
• Easy-to-read format, with lots of bulleted lists and tabulated information

Contents

1. Preoperative Evaluation
2. The Cardiovascular System
3. The Respiratory System
4. The Renal System
5. Neurophysiology and Neuroanesthesia
6. The Autonomic Nervous System
7. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base
8. Hemotherapy and Hemostasis
9. The Stress Response
10. Thermoregulation
11. Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Equine Anesthesia
12. The Anesthetic Machine
13. Positioning the Anesthetized Horse
14. Monitoring the Anesthetized Horse
15. Management of Sedation and Anesthesia
16. Anesthesia of the Limbs
17. Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia
18. Anesthesia of the Head and Penis
19. Anesthesia of the Eye
20. Analgesia
21. Complications and Emergencies
22. Assisted Recovery
23. Euthanasia

Index

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