Anesthesia

Purr-fect Feline Anesthesia Anesthesia

Anesthetizing felines can pose unique challenges for the veterinary technician. In addition to the fact that cats can be difficult to monitor under anesthesia, their small size, interesting metabolism, variable temperament, and propensity toward particular health ailments can also prove problematic. Advanced preparation, skills, and knowledge will allow astute technicians to anticipate patient ...

Anesthesia.

Endocrine anesthesia: A rapidly evolving anesthesia specialty

Anesthesia for endocrine surgery is different from that for routine procedures. Peri-operative neurotransmitter and hormonal secretion occurring with a deranged endocrinal milieu in the background can be highly variable and unpredictable. This may have a direct impact on the morbidity and mortality. In both non-endocrine and endocrine surgery, the role of pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancre...

General anesthesia

As anyone who has looked at a petunia or a pansy can testify, plants generate flowers with characteristic numbers and patterns of organs. The floral organs are derived from a pool of stem cells called the floral meristem. In wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana flowers (shown at lower left) the meristem gives rise to four sepals that enclose the bud, four white petals, six pollen-bearing stamens and ...

Cyclopropane Anesthesia