Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia

Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: the Fifth Edition of Lumb and Jones is a reorganized and updated edition of the gold–standard reference for anesthesia and pain management in veterinary patients.  Encompassing both basic science and clinically relevant information, this edition features a new organization to facilitate easy access to information for sedating, anesthetizing and alleviating pain in patients with various disease conditions.  Now in full color, the Fifth Edition maintains this classic book s reputation as a multi–author, multi–disciplinary, comprehensive reference text while updating the clinical application of this increasingly important subject in veterinary medicine.  Fully up–to–date with the latest advances in veterinary anesthesia, the Fifth Edition adds new chapters on anesthetic and analgesic considerations for patients undergoing renal transplant therapy, cardiac pacemaker implantation, and cardiopulmonary bypass.  The pharmacology sections have been updated and expanded, and a chapter on euthanasia has been reinstated.  Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia continues to be an essential resource for veterinary practitioners, specialists, and researchers working with domestic, wild, zoo, and laboratory animal species.  Key features  Provides a thoroughly updated edition of this comprehensive reference on veterinary anesthesia and analgesia, combining state–of–the–art scientific knowledge and clinically relevant information Covers immobilization, sedation, anesthesia, and analgesia of companion, wild, zoo, and laboratory animals Takes a body systems approach for easier reference to information about anesthetizing patients with existing conditions Adds 10 completely new chapters with in–depth discussions of perioperative heat balance, coagulation disorders, pacemaker implantation, cardiac output measurement, cardiopulmonary bypass, shelter anesthesia and pain management, anesthetic risk assessment, principles of anesthetic pharmacology, and more Now printed in color, with more than 400 images Includes contributions from 82 international contributors with expertise in a wide range of specialty areas, including anesthesiology, clinical pharmacology, surgery, medicine, critical care, cardiology, urology, laboratory animal medicine, and animal welfare