Spinal Anesthesia For Cats With Leukemia

Anesthesia for patients with neurological disease

Introduction Dogs and cats frequently require anesthesia for diagnostic evaluation or surgical correction of neurological disorders. Diagnostic procedures that require either general anesthesia or heavy sedation include electroencephalography (EEG), imaging techniques, and other electrodiagnostic tests. Veterinary neurosurgical anesthesia is more often required in patients with spinal cord ...

Additionally, the Guidelines discuss other important aspects of feline anes-thesia , including perianesthetic anxiety and stress, perianesthetic monitoring by physical and electronic means, the role of underlying diseases such as hypertrophic cardiomyo pa-thy (HCM), the correct use of anesthesia equipment, and total injectable anesthesia .

Local and regional anaesthesia in dogs and cats

Provision of analgesia and client/staff communica-tion and education are critical throughout the entire process. The objective of these guidelines is to make the anesthesia period as safe as possible for dogs and cats while providing a practical framework for delivering anesthesia care before, during, and after the anesthetic procedure.