SAMS 5325 - Small Animal Anesthesia Elective
(Fall semester 2004-2005)
Instructor information
Instructor: Dr. Erik Hofmeister
Office hours: N/A
Office location: 210A
Telephone number: 542-0026
E-mail address: erikh@vet.uga.edu
Course information
Prerequisites: LAMS/SAMS 5203 Principles of Anesthesia
Objectives:
To allow veterinary students to become more proficient in the anaesthetic
manegement of domestic small animal patients (dogs, cats)
Topical outline:
a) Lecture 1 – Introduction: significance of anaesthesia, impact on clinical
practice, specialty of anaesthesia, course grading and participation, group
assignments, oxygen delivery to tissues, carbon dioxide, glucose, temperature,
acid-base balance, monitoring oxygen delivery to tissues. QUIZ i) Required
reading: Handbook pp.250-283, LAMS/SAMS 5210 Principles of Anesthesia pp.55-60
ii) Recommended reading: P&P pp.692-701 b) Lecture 2 – Effects of drugs
and pathology on oxygen delivery to tissues, improving or maintaining oxygen
delivery to tissues. QUIZ i) Required reading: Handbook pp.409-454 ii) Recommended
reading: P&P pp.634-648 c) Lecture 3 – Anaesthetic triad, review of
anaesthetic drugs and effect on the triad. QUIZ i) Required reading: LAMS/SAMS
5210 Principles of Anesthesia pp.3-23, 50-54 ii) Recommended reading: P&P
pp.3-17 d) Lecture 4 – Analgesia, local blocks, epidural analgesia, drug
selection. QUIZ i) Required reading: Handbook pp.41-56, 100-118, 302-313,
LAMS/SAMS 5210 Principles of Anesthesia Pain Lecture ii) Recommended reading:
P&P pp.77-112, 158-181, 247-258 e) Lecture 5 – Case discussion: Elective
OHE and gastrointestinal obstruction. QUIZ i) Required reading: Handbook
pp.x-xx; LAMS/SAMS 5210 Principles of Anesthesia ii) Recommended reading:
P&P pp.36-76, 672-681 f) Lecture 6 – Case discussion: Traumatic orthopedic
injury and cardiomyopathy. QUIZ i) Required reading: Handbook pp.x-xx; LAMS/SAMS
5210 Principles of Anesthesia ii) Recommended reading: P&P pp.140-157,
586-590, 722-735 g) Lecture 7 – Case discussion: Traumatic diaphragmatic
hernia. QUIZ i) Required reading: Handbook pp.x-xx; LAMS/SAMS 5210 Principles
of Anesthesia ii) Recommended reading: P&P pp.77-112, 682-691 h) Lecture
8 – Case discussion: Intracranial neoplasia. QUIZ i) Required reading: Handbook
pp.x-xx; LAMS/SAMS 5210 Principles of Anesthesia ii) Recommended reading:
P&P pp.126-139, 591-618 i) Lecture 9 – Case discussion: Septic peritonitis.
QUIZ i) Required reading: Handbook pp.x-xx; LAMS/SAMS 5210 Principles of
Anesthesia ii) Recommended reading: P&P pp.259-277, 634-648 j) Lecture
10 – Case discussion: Groups 1 & 2 k) Lecture 11 – Case discussion: Groups
3 & 4 l) Lecture 12 – Case discussion: Groups 5 & 6 m) Lecture 13
– Case discussion: Groups 7 & 8 n) Lecture 14 – Case discussion: Groups
9 & 10 o) Lecture 15 – Review
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