Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia

Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia, 4th Edition is a convenient, complete, and practical resource for administering safe and effective anesthesia to small and large animals, including exotic pets. Long valued by students and practitioners alike, this handbook features all the practical and applied aspects of veterinary anesthesia, including patient evaluation, preanesthetic medications, local anesthesia and anesthetic techniques, and more. The book describes drugs used perioperatively and their clinical applications in detail and pays special attention to complementary and integrative approaches to pain management.

• Key points and special considerations are now called out in boxes to highlight the most important and critical information for immediate access.
• Comprehensive yet concise quick reference offers on-the-go, indispensable advice for anesthetic situations.
• Dogs and cats each have their own chapter, and the special needs and considerations of each species are expanded for more comprehensive coverage.
• Old and outdated drugs have been eliminated, so the focus is not on the history of veterinary anesthesia but on important, current concepts and techniques.

• Completely updated drug information and new pain management techniques.
• A new chapter discusses the unique anesthetic considerations in cats and their clinical applications.
• The latest information on local anesthesia drugs and techniques.
• Expanded coverage of post-anesthetic care, monitoring, and analgesic considerations.
• Covers anesthetic protocols for common procedures in each species.
• Includes new coverage of the use of constant rate infusion perioperatively.
• Expanded coverage of euthanasia includes the most current AVMA guidelines for euthanasia techniques.

William W. Muir, III, DVM, MSc, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, is Chief Medical Officer at The Animal Medical Center in New York and a recently retired professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Muir is board certified in both anesthesiology and emergency and critical care. He was a distinguished professor at Ohio State for over 20 years and trained many anesthesiologists in the US and abroad. He also has written hundreds of journal articles, is the recipient of many professional awards, and is the co-author of Elsevier’s Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management (with Gaynor) and Equine Anesthesia: Monitoring and Emergency Therapy (with Hubbell).

John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA, is professor of anesthesia in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Science at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a past dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State and has taught there for more than 20 years. He has been extensively involved in research, has published many journal articles, and has co-authored each previous edition of Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia; he is also the co-author (with Muir) of Elsevier’s Equine Anesthesia: Monitoring and Emergency Therapy.