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In recent years, a number of important developments have been made in equine anaesthesia and analgesia. These include new methods of monitoring the patient, the availability of new drugs and the implementation of new procedures. This book not only covers all the traditional methods of anaesthesia and recent developments, but it provides students and practitioners with essential information on the scientific basis of anaesthesia, as well as giving handy tips on more practical aspects of anaesthesia, such as drug regimens for field anaesthesia.Covers all the latest developments in equine anaesthesia whilst providing the reader with lots of practical informationIncludes detailed coverage of the sciences behind anaesthesia and the drugs usedEasy-to-read format, with lots of bulleted lists and tabulated information
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Manual of Equine Anesthesia and Analgesia Tom Doherty College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
and Alex Valverde Department of Clinical Studies, The University of Guelph
Manual of Equine Anesthesia and Analgesia Tom Doherty College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
and Alex Valverde Department of Clinical Studies, The University of Guelph
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Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Contributors List of abbreviations Chapter 1 Preoperative Evaluation The risk of equine anesthesia Tanya Duke Preoperative evaluation and patient preparation Serum chemistry testing prior to anesthesia Nicholas Frank
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Chapter 2 The Cardiovascular System Physiology of the cardiovascular system Tamara Grubb Evaluation of the cardiovascular system Rebecca Gompf
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Chapter 3 The Respiratory System Evaluation of the respiratory system Anatomy of the respiratory system Robert Reed Physiology of the respiratory system Carolyn Kerr Ai