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3 Easy Locoregional Techniques You May Not Know
Pain is personal. Pain is emotional. Pain is what you say it is. Painful sensory information that reaches the spinal cord causes...
Sep 17, 20194 min read
Should I Get an Anesthesia Ventilator?
In operating rooms across the world, there are patients who are hypoventilating and relying on a dedicated veterinary team member to...
Sep 1, 20192 min read
HANDLING “RUFF” RECOVERIES
Pain or Dysphoria? By Bonnie Gatson DVM DACVAA It’s easy to envy human physicians who can ask their adult conscious patients, “How are...
Aug 9, 20195 min read
Oral Sedatives and Anxiolytics for Veterinary Visits
In the last post, Dr. Hofmeister chemically restrained a vicious werewolf using an intramuscular combination of sedatives and anesthetic...
Jul 26, 20197 min read
How to Sedate a Werewolf
In this post, Dr. Erik Hofmeister discusses his approach to chemical restraint of aggressive animals. We’ve all been there. You’re at a...
Jul 20, 20194 min read
Assessing Physical Status Prior to Anesthesia
You are presented with a 12 year old, obese (BCS 8/9) Chihuahua with a cough attributable to collapsing trachea. How do you assess...
Jul 13, 20193 min read
Managing anesthesia with co-existing hepatic dysfunction
In the last post, Dr. Hofmeister discussed his approach to assessment for anesthesia of the patient with liver disease. He made the...
Jun 22, 20194 min read
Anesthesia & Liver Disease
In this post, Dr. Erik Hofmeister discusses the assessment of the patient presenting for anesthesia with co-existing hepatic disease. Dr....
Jun 7, 20193 min read
An Ode to the Pulse Oximeter
Dr. Fissekis discusses the trials and tribulations of the pulse oximeter! She completed her DVM degree at Cornell University College of...
May 24, 20193 min read
Anesthesia Records - Why Bother?
Why is record keeping so important for the anesthetist? There are many people out there who say that while working to anesthetize their...
May 11, 20194 min read
Checklists in Veterinary Anesthesia Why, When, & How
Checklists are everywhere: packing for a trip (I don’t want to forget my running shoes!); going to grocery store (let’s see… arugula,...
Apr 26, 20195 min read
Gastroesophageal Reflux during Anesthesia
You have Chance, a 3-year-old Labrador anesthetized for porcupine quill removal. As you are proceeding with quill plucking, you notice a...
Apr 12, 20194 min read
High Quality Anesthesia Care: A Technician’s Perspective
Years ago, I began asking technicians, students, and interns how they “felt” about anesthesia when I was training them. Over time I found...
Mar 29, 20194 min read
Mortality in Small Animal Anesthesia: Where Are We?
By Dr. Lydia Love DVM Diplomate American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia We all know that general anesthesia carries...
Mar 12, 20196 min read
Welcome to our inaugural North American Veterinary Anesthesia Society (NAVAS) blog post!
Here we will be tackling a wide range of topics related to veterinary anesthesia and analgesia. Our intention, like the mission of NAVAS,...
Feb 19, 20192 min read
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