Feline Anesthesia and Pain Management

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

Paulo Steagall, MV, MS, PhD, DACVAA, is an associate professor of veterinary anesthesia and analgesia at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Sheilah Robertson, BVMS (Hons), PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, CVA, DACAW, Dip ECAWBM, is the chief medical officer for Lap of Love Inc, a large network of veterinarians offering home-based hospice and euthanasia.

Polly Taylor, MA, VetMB, PhD, DVA, DipECVAA, MRCA, MRCVS, is a European and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons specialist in veterinary anesthesia working as an independent consultant in veterinary anesthesia