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5 Ways We Keep Patients Warm During Surgery
We are ever so slightly obsessed with keeping patients warm before, during and after surgery. Why? Because patients with a low body temperature will process anesthesia drugs more slowly. As a consequence, they have a slower and tougher recovery. Let’s go over what we...
7 Ways We Keep Patients Safe During (and after) Anesthesia
Few clients are afraid of surgery for their pets. Most are concerned about anesthesia. Yet anesthesia is extremely safe these days. Based on the biggest study ever designed in veterinary medicine (Brodbelt 2008), the risk of dying under anesthesia is 0.17% in dogs and...
How to survive post-op care (and get some sleep)
Your pet is home after surgery. Now the fun part begins. Are you stressed out? Confused? Panicked? There is no doubt that recovering from surgery can be rough for any pet, and any pet owner, so here are some tips to make sure your pet’s recovery goes smoothly… and you...