This note
covers History of Anaesthesia, Anaesthesia and the Respiratory System,
Anaesthesia and the Cardiovascular System, Drug Handling and Administration,
Anaesthetic Machines, Inhalation Anaesthesia, Intermittent Positive Pressure
Ventilation, Injectable Drugs, Monitoring, Analgesia, Species differences,
Local Anaesthesia, Oxygen Toxicity, Small Animal Euthanasia.
Author(s): Helen Keates, School of Veterinary Science University of Queensland
Local anesthetics
are being increasingly applied in different surgeries. Lower side effects of
neuroaxial anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and field block, in comparison to
general anesthesia , are the main reasons why physicians prefer to conduct
surgeries under local anesthesia, especially in outpatient and day care
surgeries.
Local and Regional
Anesthesia with chapters on Spinal, Epidural, Paravertebral, and Parasacral
Analgesia, and on Other Applications of Local and Regional Anesthesia to the
Surgery of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and to Dental.