Small Animal Anesthesia and Pain Management

Dr. Ko has been a professor and clinical anesthesiologist in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University since January of 2006. He is a diplomate of American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia and a frequent speaker at regional, national and international meetings.

1 Equipment for inhalant anesthesia. 2 Perioperative blood work and urine analysis. 3 Preanesthetic medication: drugs and dosages. 4 Intravenous injection techniques and intravenous anesthetic agents. 5 Inhalant anesthetic agents. 6 Anesthesia monitoring and management. 7 Fluid therapy. 8 Blood components and transfusion therapy. 9 Injectable sedative and anesthesia–analgesia combinations in dogs and cats. 10 Anesthetic considerations for specific diseases.11 Airway management and ventilation. 12 Anesthetic considerations for patients requiring upper airway surgery and patients requiring thoracic surgery. 13 Anesthetic donsiderations for upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures. 14 Anesthetic considerations for minimally invasive surgical procedures. 15 Anesthetic considerations for neurologic patients. 16 Anesthetic considerations for ophthalmic surgeries. 17 Anesthesia and sedation for radiography, ultrasound, CT, and MRI patients. 18 Anesthetic considerations for orthopedic surgical patients. 19 Anesthetic considerations for dental and oral-facial surgeries. 20 Analgesia and sedation of emergency/intensive care unit patients. 21 Anesthetic emergencies and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 22 Perioperative cardiac arrhythmias and treatments. 23 Local anesthetic agents and anesthetic techniques. 24 Acute pain management. 25 Photobiomodulation therapy in pain management. 26 Management of neuropathic pain in dogs and cats. 27 Oncologic pain management and radiation therapy. 28 Chronic pain management for osteoarthritis in dogs and cats. 29 Acupuncture and Chinese medicine for pain management in dogs and cats. 30 Rehabilitation and pain management for veterinary patients. 31 Anesthesia in shelter medicine and high-volume/high-quality spay and neuter programs. 32 Euthanasia. Appendix Anesthetic dosage reference ranges. Index.