Risk of anaesthetic mortality in dogs and cats: An observational cohort study of 3546 cases

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-68

  Bille, Christophe ^a   Auvigne, Vincent ^b   Libermann, Stéphane ^a   Bomassi, Eric ^a   Durieux, Philippe ^a   Rattez, Elise ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE MEAUX   (France)

^b Ekipaj   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic; Cat; Death; Dog; Mortality; Risk; Small animal

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455208118     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2011.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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