Equine Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease

Equine Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease PDF

By Stuart Clark-Price and Khursheed Mama

Equine Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease PDF offers practical guidance on anesthetizing horses with pre-existing diseases or other unique conditions. Filling a significant gap in available literature, this authoritative reference is the ideal companion to existing publications on basic management principles, equipment, and complications in equine anesthesia. Detailed chapters, co-authored by anesthesiologists and other allied specialists, offer a body-system approach to anesthesia considerations in horses presenting with a variety of disease conditions.

Each chapter contains foundational knowledge such as pathophysiology or diagnostic techniques, clinical images, practical information for pharmacologic selection, and technical requirements for completion of procedures. The text covers equine anesthesia management relevant to respiratory, neuromuscular, and gastrointestinal diseases, cardiac and orthopedic procedures, diagnostic imaging and unique therapies, and more. Designed to allow quick and easy reference to vital information, this valuable clinical resource:

  • Provides complete coverage of anesthetic management of horses with existing conditions or diseases
  • Describes how pre-existing conditions can affect anesthesia in equine patients
  • Includes coverage of accident and error management, induction, and recovery
  • Discusses how anesthesia management differs in feral or non-domesticated and domesticated equids including donkeys and mules

Equine Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease is a must-have reference and clinical guide for everyone involved in the anesthetization of equine patients, including equine general practitioners, anesthesiologists, specialists in related areas, residents in veterinary anesthesiology, and equine anesthesia technicians.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Sedation and anesthetic management for dental and sinus surgery

Chapter 2: Anesthetic management for ocular interventions

Chapter 3: Anesthesia of horses with inflammatory or infectious respiratory diseases

Chapter 4: Sedation and anesthetic management for surgery of the respiratory tract

Chapter 5: Sedation and anesthetic management for interventional cardiac procedures

Chapter 6: Anesthetic management of horses with medical and surgical neurologic conditions

Chapter 7: Anesthetic management for orthopedic conditions

Chapter 8: Anesthetic management of horses with muscular conditions

Chapter 9: Sedation and anesthetic management for laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures

Chapter 10: Anesthetic management for gastrointestinal diseases

Chapter 11: Anesthetic management of geriatric horses and horses with endocrine diseases

Chapter 12: Sedation and anesthetic management for urogenital interventions

Chapter 13: Anesthetic management of foals

Chapter 14: Sedation and anesthetic management of other domesticated and non-domesticated equids

Chapter 15: Errors and Accidents in Equine Anesthesia

Index

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