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Periparturient and neonatal anesthesia
1Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
Abstract:
Small animal patients may need to be anesthetized in the periparturient period for emergency, nonobstetric reasons, elective ovariohysterectomy, or cesarean section. In each case, the physiologic changes in the dam must be accounted for in designing an anesthetic protocol, but the requirements of the fetuses will be different. Subsequent to birth, the neonatal animal may need to be anesthetized, and the unique physiology and pharmacology at this age is described.