Contents

Part 1.  Basic principles

1  The practice of veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia

2  Preoperative assessment

3  Postoperative care

4  Anaesthetic equipment

5  Patient monitoring

 

Part 2.  The Pharmacological bases of anaesthesia and analgesia

6  Analgesia

7  Premedication and sedation

8  Intrvenous anaesthetics

9  Inhalant anaesthetics

10  Neuromuscular blockade

11  Fluid therapy and blood transfusion

 

Part 3.  Anaesthestic management

12  Ophthalmic surgery

13  Dental and maxillofacial surgery

14  Cardiopulmonary disease

15  Thoracic surgery

16  gastrointestinal and hepatic disease

17  Urogenital disease

18  Caesarian section

19  Endocrine disease

20  Neurological disease

21  Trauma patients

22 Paediatric patients

23  Geriatric patients

24  Anaesthetic emergencies and complications

 

Part 4.  Anaesthesia and analgesia for exotic species 

25  Fish

26 Reptiles

27  Birds

28  Rabbits,rodents and ferrets

Index