VETERINARY ANESTHETIC AND MONITORING EQUIPMENT

1 Medical Gas Cylinders and Pipeline Systems 1
2 Oxygen Concentrators 17
3 Small Animal Anesthetic Machines and Equipment 23
4 Large Animal Anesthesia Machines and Equipment 35
5 Anesthetic Vaporizers 55
6 Anesthetic Ventilators 73
7 Humidification and Positive Pressure Equipment 91
8 Waste Anesthetic Gas Collection and Consequences 101
9 Hazards of the Anesthetic Delivery System and Operating Room Fires 115
10 Components of the Breathing System 127
11 Mapleson Breathing Systems 141
12 The Circle System 155
13 Laryngoscopes 171
14 Supraglottic Airway Devices and Tracheal Tubes and Stylets 177
15 Oxygen Delivery Systems 193
16 Gas Monitoring 199
17 Airway Volumes, Flows and Pressures 213
18 Pulse Oximetry 223
19 Cardiovascular Monitoring 235
20 Electrocardiography 253
21 Neuromuscular Transmission Monitoring 271
22 Temperature Regulation and Monitoring 285
23 Fluid Regulation and Monitoring 303
24 Anesthetic Records 323
25 Equipment for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging System 335
26 Equipment for Environmental Extremes and Field Techniques 349
27 Equipment Checkout and Maintenance 365
28 Equipment Cleaning and Sterilization 377
29 Unique Species Considerations: Dogs and Cats 391
30 Unique Species Considerations: Ruminants and Swine 395
31 Unique Species Considerations: Equine 419
32 Unique Species Considerations: Avian 441
33 Unique Species Considerations: Rabbits 451
34 Unique Species Considerations: Rodents 461
35 Unique Species Considerations: Fish and Amphibians 477
36 Unique Species Considerations: Reptiles 489
37 Unique Species Considerations: Non-Human Primates 497

Veterinary Anesthetic and Monitoring Equipment is the first veterinary-specific resource solely dedicated to anesthetic and monitoring equipment used in clinical practice.
• Offers a practical guide to anesthetic and monitoring equipment commonly used in veterinary medicine
• Provides clinically oriented guidance to troubleshooting problems that may occur
• Discusses general principles applicable to any equipment found in the practice
• Presents information associated with novel anesthetic equipment and monitors

Authors
• Kristen G. Cooley, BA, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia/Analgesia), is an Instructional Specialist in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
• Rebecca A. Johnson, DVM, PhD, DACVAA, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Management in the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.