Complications in Equine Anesthesia

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 735-752

  Wagner, Ann E ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Equine anesthesia; Hypotension; Morbidity; Postanesthetic myopathy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 59449088308     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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