Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Ill or Injured Dog and Cat

ISBN: 9781119036562

Apr 2018

Wiley-Blackwell

496 pages

Description

Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Ill or Injured Dog and Cat provides a comprehensive guide to anesthesia and pain management protocols, specifically tailored to ill or critically injured dogs and cats.

• Provides fast access to anesthesia and pain management protocols specifically tailored to ill or critically injured dogs and cats
• Takes a case-based structure to make it easy to find and apply relevant information
• Presents step-by-step clinical procedures and techniques
• Supplies concise, relevant background information for all drugs recommended in the protocols, highlighting recommendations and cautions for specific patient conditions
• Includes detailed information for geriatric, pregnant, nursing, and pediatric patients and those with cardiac, liver or kidney pathology

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowlegements

1 General Considerations for Pain Management upon Initial Presentation and During Hospital Stay

2 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Pain

3 Physiologic and Pharmacologic Applications to Manage Neuropathic Pain

4 Physiologic and Pharmacology: Clinical Application to Abdominal and Pelvic Visceral Pain

5 Physiology and Management of Cancer Pain

6 Movement-Evoked and Breakthrough Pain

7 Pain: Understanding It

8 Recognition, Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Dogs and Cat

9 Pharmacologic and Clinical Application of Sedatives

10 Pharcologic and Clinical Application of Opioid Analgesics

11 Pharmacologic and Clinical Application of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Analgesics

12 Pharmacologic and Clinical Principles of Adjunct Analgesia

13 Pharmacologic and Clinical Application of General Anesthetics

14 Local Anesthetic Techniques

15 Integrative Tecniques for Pain Management

16 The Veterinary Technician/Nure's Role in Pain Managemant

17 Optimal Nursing Care for the Management of Pain

18 Preparation and Delivery of Analgesics

19 Cardiovascular Disease as a Co-Morbidity for Anesthesia and Analgesia of Non-Related Emergencies

20 Kidney Disease as a Co-Morbidity for Anesthesia and Analgesia of Non-Related Emergencies

21 Liver Disease as a Co-Morbidity for Anesthesia and Analgesia of Non-Related Emergencies

22 Managemant the Aggressive Patient

23 Analgesia and Anesthesia for Pregnant Cats and Dogs

24 Analgesia and Anesthesia for Nursing Cats and Dogs

25 Physiologic and Pharmacologic Application of Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Pediatric Patient

26 Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Geriatric Patient

27 Analgesia and Anesthesia for Head and Neck Injuries or Illness

28 Torso, thorax and Thoracic Cavity: Illness and Injury

29 Torso and Abdomen: Illness and Injuries

30 Pelvic Cavity/Abdomen, Perineum and Torse: Illness and Injuries Urogenital System and Perineum

31 Musculoskeletal Injuries and Illness

32 Vertebral Column (Vertebrae and Spinal Cord)

33 Integument Injuries and Illness

34 Environmental Injuries

Index

About the Author

Karol A. Mathews, DVM, DVSc, DACVECC, is Professor Emerita, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Melissa Sinclair, DVM, DVSc, DACVAA, is Associate Professor in Anesthesiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Andrea M. Steele, MSc, RVT (VTS ECC), is an ICU Technician at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Tamara Grubb, DVM, PhD, DACVAA, is Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesia and Analgesia at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Pullman, Washington, USA.