Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
 December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
Complications associated with use of local and regional anesthesia may be related to the drug administered, poor preparation of the patient, poor equipment, and poor technique.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC
Intravenous anesthetic drugs and intravenous anesthetic techniques are generally administered for shorter-duration surgical procedures or for induction to inhalant anesthesia. The ideal intravenous anesthetic drug or drug combination should provide safe and effective anesthesia without side effects.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC
Dissociative anesthetics include phencyclidine, ketamine, and tiletamine. The term dissociative evolved from their use in humans who reported a feeling of being dissociated from their body and environment after being administered ketamine.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
Caudal epidural anesthesia, continuous caudal epidural anesthesia, and caudal subarachnoid anesthesia are techniques to induce regional anesthesia of the pelvic viscera and genitalia in horses without loss of hind limb motor function.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
Local anesthetic requirements in horses depend on the operative site, nature and expected duration of surgery, size, temperament and health of the patient, technical skill of the veterinarian, and economics of time and materials.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
This article describes ophthalmic nerve blocks and anesthesia of the upper lip, nose, upper teeth, maxilla, lower lip, lower incisors, and premolars.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
Local anesthetic drugs block sensory and motor nerve activity, producing analgesia and loss of function.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
This article describes anesthesia of the digital nerves, including palmar digital nerve blocks, midpastern ring blocks, abaxial sesamoidean nerve blocks, palmar nerve blocks, high suspensory blocks, nerve blocks proximal to the carpus, and nerve blocks proximal to the tarsus.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
Infiltration of sympathetic nerves by local anesthetics is effective for relief of vasoconstriction and pain. The two sites where the equine sympathetic nervous system can be desensitized without affecting somatosensory function are the cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion and paravertebral lumbar sympathetic ganglia.
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