Bookedited by Paulo V.M. Steagall, Sheilah A. Robertson, Polly Taylor.
Handling, restraint, and pre-anesthetic assessment -- Anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology -- Sedation and premedication -- Injectable anesthetics and induction of anesthesia -- Local anesthetics and loco-regional techniques -- Inhalation and balanced anesthesia -- Monitoring -- Fluid therapy -- Anesthetic management of special conditions -- Anesthetic complications -- Mechanisms of pain -- Assessment and recognition of acute pain -- Treatment of acute (adaptive) pain -- Assessment and recognition of chronic (maladaptive) pain -- Treatment of chronic (maladaptive) pain.