Acknowledgements xi
About the Companion Website xiii
1 Concepts and Mechanisms of General Anaesthesia 1
2 Patient Safety 7
3 Pain 19
4 Sedation and Premedication: Small Animals 55
5 Injectable Anaesthetic Agents 77
6 Analgesic Infusions 95
7 Intravascular Catheters/Cannulae: Some Considerations and Complications 99
8 Inhalation Anaesthetic Agents 117
9 Anaesthetic Breathing Systems and Airway Devices 139
10 Anaesthetic Machines, Vaporisers, and Gas Cylinders 167
11 Anaesthetic Machine Checks 187
12 Local Anaesthetics 191
13 Local Anaesthetic Techniques for the Head: Small Animals 205
14 Local Anaesthetic Techniques for the Limbs: Small Animals 215
15 Miscellaneous Local Anaesthetic Techniques: Small Animals 237
16 Local Anaesthetic Techniques: Horses 243
17 Muscle Relaxants 259
18 Monitoring Animals during General Anaesthesia 279
19 Troubleshooting Some of the Problems Encountered in Anaesthetised Patients 307
20 Inadvertent Peri-operative Hypothermia 313
21 Blood Gas Analysis 321
22 Lactate 337
23 Fluid Therapy 347
24 Electrolytes 377
25 Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System 393
26 Shock, SIRS, MODS/MOF, Sepsis 401
27 Gastric Dilation/Volvulus (GDV) 423
28 Equine Sedation and Premedication 427
29 Equine Heart Murmurs 443
30 Equine Anaesthesia 445
31 Equine Intravenous Anaesthesia in the Field and Standing Chemical Restraint 477
32 Donkeys 481
33 Ruminants: Local and General Anaesthesia 485
34 Lamoids (South American Camelids) 519
35 Pigs: Sedation and Anaesthesia 529
36 Rabbit Anaesthesia 541
37 Neonates/Paediatrics 547
38 Senescent/Geriatric Patients 551
39 Pregnancy and Caesarean Sections 555
40 Obesity 561
41 Dental and Oral Considerations 567
42 Ocular Surgery Considerations 571
43 Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Considerations 575
44 Renal Considerations 579
45 Hepatic Considerations 583
46 Endocrine Considerations 587
47 Background to Neuroanaesthesia for the Brain 595
48 Cardiac Considerations 603
49 Respiratory Considerations 607
50 Respiratory Emergencies 611
51 Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (CPCR) 627
Appendix A Canine Emergency Drug Doses 637
Appendix B Feline Emergency Drug Doses 639
Appendix C Equine Emergency Drug Doses 641
Answers to Self-test Questions 643
Index 651