E-grāmata: Essentials of Small Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia

For veterinary care providers and students, Grimm et al., veterinarians and an anesthesiologist, outline the fundamentals of managing small animal anesthesia patients. Information is drawn from and refers to Lumb and Jones' Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, Fourth Edition and includes new material by a group of US and Canadian veterinarians. Topics covered include patient evaluation and risk management, monitoring, acid-base balance and fluid therapy, local and regional techniques, pharmacology, physiology, and the clinical case management of dogs and cats, small mammals, and those with diseases of various body systems, as well as considerations for special procedures, emergencies, and accidents. This edition has an increased focus on pain management and new chapters on equipment and managing specific conditions. It has been updated to reflect current practices and has a new companion website with review questions, videos, and an image bank with additional figures not in the book. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Essentials of Small Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia, Second Edition presents the fundamentals of managing small animal anesthesia patients in a clinically relevant, accessible manual. The bulk of the book is distilled from Lumb and Jones' Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia to provide authoritative information in a quick-reference format, with references to Lumb and Jones' throughout for easy access to further detail. Logically reorganized with an easy-to-use structure and an increased focus on pain management, this new edition features new chapters on equipment and managing specific conditions.

The Second Edition has been updated to reflect current practices in anesthesia and analgesia, and a new companion website offers review questions and answers, video clips, and an image bank with additional figures not found in the printed book. Essentials of Small Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia, Second Edition provides veterinary care providers and students with key information on anesthetic and analgesic pharmacology, physiology, patient assessment, and clinical case management.