Anesthesia

Presurgical Premedication Protocols

• Atropine 0.05mg/kg and Acepromazine 0.03mg/kg SQ
• Buprenorphine 0.01 mg/kg

Femoral and sciatic nerve blocks will be performed for all hindlimb surgeries distal to the hip.
All patients will be intubated and maintained throughout the procedure on O₂ and isoflurane or sevoflurane.

Intraoperative Procedures

Fluid Therapy
Intraveneous fluids will be administered during the surgical procedure. The rate of crystalloid administration is 5ml/kg/hr. This rate may require adjustment during the surgical procedure.

During surgery, all patients will be monitored with a Cardell veterinary monitor model #9405.

• NIBP with systolic, diastolic, MAP
• ECG, Respiration, End tidal CO₂ and SpO₂