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This printable infographic illustrates the three phases of anesthesia with key steps for communicating with clients.

There are many factors to consider when choosing an opioid for your patient – degree of desired analgesia, onset and duration of action, adverse effects, and availability. This table may help you do what you do best – comforting your patients in their time of need.

Immediate and effective response to complications during anesthesia is critical. The most common complications are hypotension, hypoventilation, hypoxemia, hypothermia, and some arrhythmias like sinus tachycardia and bradycardia. Complications in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems are generally the most acutely life-threatening. More detailed information for cats is available with the 2018 AAFP Feline Anesthesia Guidelines . 3

The AAHA Anesthesia Guidelines Task Force members consisted of:

Downloads to support implementation of the  AAHA Anesthesia Guidelines for Dogs and Cats.

The preanesthetic patient evaluation identifies individual risk factors and underlying physiologic challenges that contribute information for development of the anesthetic plan.

Patient preparation, anesthetic plan, preanesthetic medication, pain management and anesthetic management of patients with comorbidities.

Anesthesia in patients with diabetes.

Anesthesia in patients with renal disease.