Description
All veterinary team members involved in the everyday care of horses that require anesthesia or special emergency care will benefit from this reliable and inclusive resource. Equine Anesthesia: Monitoring and Emergency Therapy, 2nd Edition provides all of the information needed to prepare, conduct, and monitor the administration of drugs in order to produce safe and effective anesthesia, treat pain, respond to adverse effects, and perform and monitor emergency and critical care treatment. It is the most comprehensive and detailed book available on these subjects, addressing the needs and concerns of practitioners in both hospital and field settings. Key features include: – Discusses all aspects of equine anesthesia, including history, physiology, pharmacology, drug dosages, patient preparation, induction-maintenance-recovery of anesthesia management of potential complications, and more; – provides a detailed review of the respiratory and cardiovascular physiology of the horse; – provides thorough coverage of preoperative pain management in horses; – covers emergency medical care and managing anesthetic complications in both hospital and field situation, and more… 481 p.
- William W. Muir. DVM, PhD, MSc, DACVA, DACVECC, Regional Director, American Academy of Pain Management. Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology Consulting Services, Columbus, OH (USA).
- John A. E. Hubbell. DVM, MS, DACVA, Professor of Anesthesia. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (USA), Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine.
- Publication date (digital version): 2008-12 – Saunders (imprint of Elsevier).
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