Handbook of Small Animal Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Techniques

1 Introduction, 1

Reasons to provide regional anesthesia, 2

History of regional anesthesia/analgesia, 3

Principles of the major techniques, 3

Local anesthetic drugs, 4

Additives to local anesthetics, 6

Equipment, 7

Syringes, 7

Needles, 7

Epidural catheter kits, 8

Nerve locators, 8

Differential pressure transducer, 9

Acoustic device, 9

Complications and contraindications, 9

Local, 10

Systemic, 10

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