Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, The 6th Edition of Lumb and Jones (Original PDF from Publisher)

Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, The 6th Edition of Lumb and Jones (Original PDF from Publisher)

By Leigh Lamont, Kurt Grimm, Sheilah Robertson, Lydia Love, Carrie Schroeder VETERINARY ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

A comprehensively revised edition of the definitive reference on veterinary anesthesia and analgesia

Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: The Sixth Edition of Lumb and Jones is a thoroughly updated, authoritative guide covering all facets of veterinary anesthesia and pain management. This edition integrates new scientific insights, advanced techniques, and emerging topics, with fourteen new chapters enhancing coverage of patient monitoring modalities, nociception, pain, safety culture, infection prevention, biomedical engineering, and point-of-care ultrasound.

Structured logically, the book organizes content into sections on basic principles, pharmacology, specific body systems, and diverse species for easy navigation. It addresses comparative anesthetic considerations for dogs, cats, horses, ruminants, swine, laboratory animals, free-ranging terrestrial mammals, marine mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and birds. Dedicated chapters focus on anesthesia and pain management for common domestic species and patient groups, including updated sections on local and regional anesthetic and analgesic techniques. A companion website provides video clips on point-of-care ultrasound and pain assessment tools.

Readers of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: The Sixth Edition of Lumb and Jones will discover:

Expanded patient monitoring coverage, with new chapters on anesthetic depth, electroencephalography, electrocardiography, blood pressure, ventilation, oxygenation, and anesthetic gas monitoring. Deeper exploration of respiratory physiology and pathophysiology, including new sections on oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation, anesthetic management for bronchoscopy, intrathoracic procedures, one-lung ventilation, and respiratory disease cases. Enhanced focus on pain physiology, pathophysiology, recognition, quantification, and clinical pain management, covering both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches. A companion website with video clips and pain scoring sheets, complementing over 500 images in the book. With its unmatched multidisciplinary perspective, Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia is an essential resource for veterinary anesthesia specialists, researchers, small and large animal surgeons, practitioners, and students seeking a comprehensive guide.