• 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

  • Foreword xvii

    Contributors xix

    1 Handling, Restraint, and Preanesthetic Assessment 1
    Graeme Doodnaught and Paulo Steagall

    2 Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology 17
    Bradley Simon and Paulo Steagall

    3 Sedation and Premedication 35
    Paulo Steagall

    4 Injectable Anesthetics and Induction of Anesthesia 49
    Paulo Steagall

    5 Local Anesthetics and Loco-regional Techniques 67
    Francesco Staffieri and Paulo Steagall

    6 Inhalation and Balanced Anesthesia 89
    Bruno Pypendop

    7 Monitoring 105
    Daniel Pang

    8 Fluid Therapy 123
    Peter Pascoe

    9 Anesthetic Management of Special Conditions 139
    Paulo Steagall

    10 Anesthetic Complications 159
    Polly Taylor and Sheilah Robertson

    11 Mechanisms of Pain 183
    Craig B. Johnson

    12 Assessment and Recognition of Acute Pain 199
    Sheilah Robertson

    13 Treatment of Acute (Adaptive) Pain 221
    Paulo Steagall and Polly Taylor

    14 Assessment and Recognition of Chronic (Maladaptive) Pain 241
    Beatriz Monteiro and Duncan Lascelles

    15 Treatment of Chronic (Maladaptive) Pain 257
    Beatriz Monteiro and Eric Troncy

    Further Reading 278

    Index 281

  • 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, FRCVS, is a European and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons specialist in veterinary anesthesia working as an independent consultant in veterinary anesthesia.

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