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VETERINARY PRACTICE GUIDELINES2020 AAHA Anesthesia and Monitoring Guidelinesfor Dogs and Cats*Tamara Grubb, DVM, PhD, DACVAAy, Jennifer Sager, BS, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia/Analgesia, ECC)y,James S. Gaynor, DVM, MS, DACVAA, DAIPM, CVA, CVPP, Elizabeth Montgomery, DVM, MPH,Judith A. Parker, DVM, DABVP, Heidi Shafford, DVM, PhD, DACVAA, Caitlin Tearney, DVM, DACVAAABSTRACTRisk for complications and even death is inherent to anesthesia. However, the use of GUIDELINES , checklists, and trainingcan decrease the risk of anesthesia-related adverse events. These tools should be used not only during the time thepatient is unconscious but also before and after this phase.

anesthesia and repeated just prior to anesthesia if acute clinical changes occur. Failure to record a physical exam was reported to increase the odds for death in dogs.4 · Age: Although age is not a disease, disease processes occur more commonly in aged patients, and physiologic systems can be immature in neonatal and pediatric patients. Advanced

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