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Ephedrine in Veterinary Medicine
Alicia M Skelding, BSc Agr, DVM, MSc, DVSc, DACVAA Assistant Professor, Veterinary Anesthesiologist Michigan State University, College of...
Apr 22, 20243 min read
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Epidural Anesthesia: A Step by Step Guide
Charlotte R. Marquis, BVM&S (Hons.) DACVAA MRCVS Epidural & spinal anesthesia can be rewarding for both you and your patients. If there’s...
Aug 17, 20238 min read
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Fluid Therapy during Veterinary Anesthesia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
There has been a lot of discussion in the past 10 years about how much fluid to deliver to a patient during general anesthesia and, even...
May 11, 20215 min read
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Calculating Infusions of Analgesic and Anesthetic Drugs
Your patient, Scruffy, is suspected to have pancreatitis. In addition to fluid resuscitation, you want to start her on analgesics as she...
Jan 20, 20215 min read
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7 things to know about buprenorphine
Buprenorphine is a familar partial mu agonist opioid that is useful for acute pain management in veterinary patients. But it has an...
Jan 25, 20205 min read
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Should I Be Using Alfaxalone?
The short answer is: Maybe. Whenever anyone wants advice on changing up their anesthesia drug protocols, one of the first questions I ask...
Dec 14, 20194 min read
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Mixing local anesthetics - yay or nay?
Dr. Erik Hofmeister, Professor of Anesthesia at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Deputy Editor for Veterinary...
Sep 27, 20194 min read
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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
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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
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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
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