Anesthesia: in chest trauma

Introduction

• A well administered general anesthetic with controlled ventilation is often safer than heavy sedation and local anesthesia.
• The types of injury which could be dealt with under local anesthesia can often be postponed until the animal is able to cope with general anesthesia.

Sources

Publications

Refereed papers

• Clarke K W (1977) Anesthesia for open chest surgery. J Small Anim Pract 18 , 585-590. (An overview.) PubMed
• Berg R J & Orton E C (1986) Re intercostal nerve blocks. In American Journal of Veterinary Research 47 , 471. PubMed

Other sources of information

• Hall, L W and Taylor, P M (1994) Eds anesthesia of the Cat. London: Bailliere Tindall. pp152-153,268, 294-301. ISBN 0 7020 1665 9
• Bedford, P G C (1919) Small Animal anesthesia, The Increased Risk Patient. London: Bailliere Tindall. p31-33, 53-71. ISBN 0 7020 1501 6.
• Hall, L W (1982) Relaxant drugs in small animal anesthesia. In Proceedings of the Association of Veterinary anesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland Supplement to 10 , 144-155.
• Brouwer, G J (1989) anesthesia for thoracic surgery. In Manual of anesthesia for Small Animal Practice. Ed A D R Hilbery. Cheltenham: British Small Animal Veterinary Association. pp95-99. ISBN 0 905214 09 9.