title: Anesthesia of the Equine Neonate in Health and Disease.
abstract: Anesthetizing the neonatal foal presents significant challenges as a result of physiologic differences from the adult equine. This article gives the reader an overview of these differences and the impact they have on anesthetic drug selection, monitoring, and support of the equine neonate. Special emphasis is directed to the sick neonate and appropriate preparation and maintenance of anesthesia in the face of commonly presented disease conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Animal Medical Center, 510 E. 62 St, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: berit.fischer@amcny.org.
authors.forename: Berit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1008 West Hazelwood Drive, MC-004, Urbana, IL 61802, USA.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clark-Price
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics
keywords: Anesthesia; Foal; Hyperkalemia; Hypotension; Hypoventilation; Monitoring; Neonate; Sepsis