List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements About the companion website Chapter 1 Concepts and Mechanisms of General Anaesthesia Chapter 2 Patient safety Chapter 3 Pain Chapter 4 Sedation and premedication (focus on small animals) Chapter 5 Injectable anaesthetic agents Chapter 6 Intravascular catheters / cannulae: some considerations and complications Chapter 7 Inhalation anaesthetic agents Chapter 8 Anaesthetic breathing systems and airway devices Chapter 9 Anaesthetic machines, vaporisers and gas cylinders Chapter 10 Anaesthetic machine checks Chapter 11 Sustainability Chapter 12 Local anaesthetics Chapter 13 Local anaesthetic techniques for the head: Small animals Chapter 14 Local anaesthetic techniques for the limbs: Small animals Chapter 15 Miscellaneous local anaesthetic techniques: Small animals Chapter 16 Local anaesthetic techniques: horses Chapter 17 Muscle relaxants Chapter 18 Monitoring animals during general anaesthesia Chapter 19 Troubleshooting some of the problems encountered in anaesthetised patients Chapter 20 Inadvertent peri-operative hypothermia Chapter 21 Blood gas analysis Chapter 22 Lactate Chapter 23 Fluid therapy Chapter 24 Electrolytes Chapter 25 Drugs affecting the cardiovascular system Chapter 26 Shock Chapter 27 Gastric dilation/volvulus (GDV) Chapter 28 Equine sedation and premedication Chapter 29 Equine heart murmurs Chapter 30 Equine anaesthesia Chapter 31 Equine intravenous anaesthesia in the field and standing chemical restraint Chapter 32 Donkeys Chapter 33 Ruminants: local and general anaesthesia Chapter 34 Lamoids (South American camelids) Chapter 35 Pigs: sedation and anaesthesia Chapter 36 Rabbit anaesthesia Chapter 37 Neonates / paediatrics Chapter 38 Senescent / geriatric patients Chapter 39 Pregnancy & Caesarean sections Chapter 40 Obesity Chapter 41 Dental & oral considerations Chapter 42 Ocular surgery considerations Chapter 43 Orthopaedic & neurosurgery considerations Chapter 44 Renal considerations Chapter 45 Hepatic considerations Chapter 46 Some endocrine considerations Chapter 47 Background to neuroanaesthesia for the brain Chapter 48 Cardiac considerations Chapter 49 Respiratory considerations Chapter 50 Respiratory emergencies Chapter 51 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Appendix A Canine emergency drug doses Appendix B Feline emergency drug doses Appendix C Equine emergency drug doses Answers to self-test questions Answers Appendices Answers Index.