Anesthesia and Pain Management
90th FVMA Annual Conference
Ralph Harvey, DVM, MS, DACVAA
Associate Professor
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
We give potentially lethal drugs to patients with serious injury and debilitating illness. We are rightly apprehensive, but now successfully manage many patients who would not have had a reasonable chance just a few years ago. We’ll include case-based discussion of potential problems for high-risk patients. Problem-based case management reduces morbidity and mortality for our patients, and, importantly, reduces stress in our hospitals every day.
a. Recognize special anesthetic concerns.
b. Develop problem-based case management.
c. Prioritize clinical responses.