Thanks for tuning into Ep 3, Stacey and I talk through our thoughts on pre anaesthetic consideration and what's important to us.

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Here is the ref for the paper talked about in the episode.

Brodbelt, D.C., Blissitt, K.J., Hammond,R.A., Neath, P.J., Young, L.E., Pfeiffer, D.U. and Wood, J.L.N. (2008). Therisk of death: the Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Small AnimalFatalities. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 35(5), pp.365–373.doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2995.2008.00397.x.

Here are the papers that Stacey and I mentioned in the podcast.

Kudo, A., Ren Oboso, Oshita, R., Yamauchi, A., Kamo, S.,Yoshida, H., Kanai, E. and Takagi, S. (2024). Peripheral warming for preventionof hypothermia in small dogs during soft-tissue surgery: a randomizedcontrolled trial. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 51(6).doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2024.08.011.

Rastas, J.P., Zhao, Q. and Johnson, R.A. (2025). Comparisonof two active warming techniques on body temperature in healthy, anesthetizeddogs premedicated with acepromazine or dexmedetomidine: A pilot study. PLOSONE, 20(1), p.e0317997. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317997.

Beal MW, Brown DC, Shofer FS. The effects of perioperativehypothermia and the duration of anesthesia on postoperative wound infectionrate in clean wounds: a retrospective study. Vet Surg.2000;29(2):123–127.

Pottie RG, Dart CM, Perkins NR, Hodgson DR. Effect ofhypothermia on recovery from general anaesthesia in the dog. Aust Vet J.2007;85(4):158–162.

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