Assessing pain in pets
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No more kidney around: Anesthesia and the renally impaired cat
Pre-planning and basic diagnostics can take the stress out of anesthetizing cats with kidney problems in your veterinary practice.
Sweet dreams: Anesthesia for the diabetic patient
Kristen Cooley, BA, CVT, VTS (anesthesia & analgesia) highlights the considerations to make when putting a diabetic patient under anesthesia.
The dogs of Otavalo
Veterinary professionals band together to help hundreds of street dogs in Ecuador in need of care.
Anesthetists: Keep your cool monitoring temperature
Monitoring temperature in anesthetized patients on top of everything else you have to do might send your stress through the roof. But with these helpful tips, you wont have to sweat it.
Which monitoring equipment does your practice need for the zombie apocalypse?
Whether zombies are hot on your trail or youre just trying to make it through another busy day at your veterinary practice, heres a quick look at the monitoring equipment weve got on the brain.
How toxic teams affect patient care
A fight-or-flight response can leave convalescent pets in the lurch
The physiology of pain (Proceedings)
Pain is a complex sensory and emotional experience that can be associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
Anesthesia monitoring: Part I (Proceedings)
The word anesthesia means without sensation-–our goal is to provide unconsciousness, amnesia, analgesia and muscle relaxation for a variety of procedures both invasive and non-invasive.
Anesthetic drugs: A review and what's new (Proceedings)
There is no single best way to anesthetize dogs and cats, making it imperative to be familiar with a variety of different anesthetic drugs and techniques.
The ins and outs of the anesthesia machine (Proceedings)
The components of an anesthesia machine work together to deliver controlled amounts of oxygen and anesthetic gas.
Blood gas basics (Proceedings)
Blood gas analysis gives us information about a patient's acid-base status and pulmonary function.
Anesthesia monitoring: Part II (Proceedings)
Anesthesia monitors are only as good as the people who use them. It is imperative to know what is normal so that you can recognize when something is outside of normal.