Although anesthesia is required for CT evaluation, the procedure is fast and
the anesthetic agents used are short acting.
Fortunately, modern
anesthetic agents used by veterinarians today help to minimize the concern over the use of anesthesia.
The anesthetic agents we use filter through your pet's organs and are eliminated by your pet's organs, such as the liver and kidneys.
Not exact matches
However, despite the fact that many
anesthetics have been
used over a 150 - year period, little is known about how these different compounds with no structural similarities behave as
anesthetic agents inducing loss of consciousness.
What types of
anesthetics are available, and what are the risks of the various
anesthetic agents and other medications that will be
used?
There are many
anesthetic agents available, and your veterinarian may also
use the blood screening information to determine the best
anesthetic protocol for your pet.
We want our patients to be calm so that the
use of general
anesthetic agents can be minimized.
Finally, the drugs
used for pre-
anesthetic agents, induction
agents, and maintenance
anesthetic agents are generally rapidly reversible and / or metabolized by the body within several hours.
The safest
anesthetic agents are
used, and patients are continuously monitored throughout anesthesia.
We
use gas
anesthetic agents; dogs and cats are given pre-operative tests depending on their age and condition to qualify them for anesthesia; and patients are monitored while anesthetized both visibly and with similar monitoring devices as
used in human hospitals.
Commonly
used local
anesthetic agents include lidocaine and bupivicaine.
Our success in safely
using anesthesia is also due to our hospitals»
use of modern
anesthetic products and techniques, which we continually update as the medical industry develops newer and safer
anesthetic agents.
We
use only the safest
anesthetic agents and the latest pain - relief medications.
The combination of pre-
anesthetic assessment of your pet (including blood work),
use of modern
anesthetic agents plus the latest
anesthetic monitoring equipment means that anesthesia is generally considered to be a very low risk for your pet.
Our practice is equipped with the latest specialized instrumentation and equipment, and we
use only the safest
anesthetic agents and the latest pain - relief medications.
«Balanced anesthesia» refers to the
use of a combination of drugs and
anesthetic agents that ensure safe, reversible loss of consciousness together with physical and mental relaxation and pain control.