Advances in Small Animal Anesthesiology

Abstract

SUMMARY An attempt has been made to show the use of basic scientific information applied to the clinically affected small animal and how it can affect anesthetic management for required surgical procedures. It is no longer acceptable to determine a dosage per pound management of small animal anesthesia, but one must have an understanding of anesthetic principles to allow proper management of each individual dog or cat according to its physiologic responses to the combination of pathologic conditions existing, anesthetic management, and surgical manipulation necessary for correction of the defect.