Main description:

Feline Anesthesia and Pain Management offers a definitive and practical guide to feline anesthesia and pain management. The only book offering detailed practical information on anesthesia and pain management in cats, one of the world s most popular pets World renowned author team Quick reference format with full color illustrations * Offers detailed practical information on anesthesia and pain management tailored to the unique needs of cats * Includes a team of world-renowned authors who are experts in veterinary anesthesia and analgesia * Uses a quick reference format that makes the information easy to find and follow * Presents full color images to illustrate concepts

Contents:

Preface PART I 1. Chapter 1 Handling, restraint and pre-anesthetic assessment 2. Chapter 2 Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology 3. Chapter 3 Sedation and Premedication 4. Chapter 4 Injectable Anesthetics and Induction of Anesthesia 5. Chapter 5 - Local anesthetics and loco-regional techniques 6. Chapter 6 - Inhalation and Balanced Anesthesia 7. Chapter 7 - Monitoring 8. Chapter 8 Fluid therapy 9. Chapter 9 Anesthetic management of special conditions 10. Chapter 10 Anesthetic complications PART II 11. Chapter 11 Mechanisms of pain 12. Chapter 12 Assessment and Recognition of Acute Pain 13. Chapter 13 Treatment of acute (adaptive) pain 14. Chapter 14 - Assessment and recognition of chronic (maladaptive) pain 15. Chapter 15 Treatment of chronic (maladaptive) pain