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The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine Faculty/Staff

Erik Hofmeister, DVM, DACVA, DECVAA, MA
Work 706-542-6484
Fax 706-542-6460
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
501 D.W. Brooks Drive
Room 210A
Athens, GA 30602 USA

Research Areas:
Evidence-Based Medicine, Cardiopulmonary Critical Care, Anesthesia Recovery, Medical Decision Making

Dr. Erik Hofmeister

Small Animal Medicine and Surgery >> Anesthesiology

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Research Interests

Evidence-based medicine has been the prevailing paradigm of how medicine in practiced with people for years. This paradigm is slowly gaining ground in veterinary medicine. It is aimed at basing medical decisions on well-conducted research which provides evidence, instead of unproven belief or personal experience. I consider my work to be similar to "Mythbusters"- finding medical decisions clinicians make for no sound reason and then providing evidence one way or the other for it.

Anesthesia recovery is one of the times of greatest difficulty for patients and staff alike. A smooth, rapid recovery from anesthesia is desireable. Although this has been extensively studied in horses, little attention has been given to small animals. Our goal is to identify variables which may affect anesthesia recovery and systematically manipulate them to determine how they actually affect recovery time and quality.

Publications

Hofmeister EH, Watson V, Snyder LBC, Love EJ. Validity and client use of information from the World Wide Web regarding veterinary anesthesia in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008;233:1860-1864.

Hofmeister EH, Williams CO, Braun C, Moore PA. Propofol versus thiopental: effects on peri-induction intraocular pressures in normal dogs. Vet Anaesth Analg 2008;35:275-281.

Hofmeister EH, Brainard BM, Sams LM, Allman DA, Cruse AM. Evaluation of induction characteristics and hypnotic potency of isoflurane and sevoflurane in healthy dogs. Am J Vet Res 2008;69:451-456.

Hofmeister EH, King J, Read MR, Budsberg SC. Sample size and statistical power in the small-animal analgesia literature. J Small Anim Pract 2007 48:76-79.

Hofmeister EH, Mosunic CB, Torres BT, Ralph AG, Moore PA, Read MR. Effects of ketamine, diazepam, and their combination on intraocular pressures in clinically normal dogs. Am J Vet Res 2006;67:1136-1139.

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This profile was last updated on April 8, 2009.