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Premedication with butorphanol,  induction with propofol, maintenance of sevoflurane, and lidocaine placed near the sensory nerves would be an example of:

The veterinarian requests an endotracheal tube be placed in the surgery patient instead of maintaining them on a mask.  What is the veterinarian trying to prevent?

Nasotracheal intubation is used  commonly in healthy horses.  What is a complication?

You realize that your patient is being sent home with Rimadyl, an NSAIDs, but takes Prednisone, a corticosteroid daily, so you alert the doctor to this combination.   You did this because you know that giving these two drug classes together can cause this adverse side effect?

What purpose does the Murphy’s eye serve on an endotracheal tube?

Pick the correct answer(s) Lidocaine  

This instrument provides the technician with an inexpensive, simple, and reliable method of cardiac auscultation from a distance  when conventional auscultation is difficult?

This reflex is  used to tell if a large animal is anesthetized too deeply; it is not reliable in small animals.

Which breed is most commonly affected by   coagulation problems?

Your patient is  swallowing and has an elevated heart rate.   What is most likely the cause?