Dechra Dog & Cat Anaesthesia App
Would you like to update your anaesthesia knowledge in a straightforward, easily accessible way and ensure you are providing all of your patients with ‘best-practice’ anaesthesia?
Are you keen to update the anaesthetic protocols you use for common procedures in dogs and cats but are not sure where to start? Or to gain confidence before performing a procedure you perform less commonly?
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Introducing the Dechra Dog & Cat Anaesthesia App
The Dechra Dog & Cat Anaesthesia app is a unique resource designed to put practical, accessible information into the hands of veterinarians, veterinary nurses/technicians and veterinary students.
Developed with specialist veterinary anaesthetists and approved by the AVA the app contains suggested anaesthetic protocols for 24 dog procedures and 15 cat procedures
Practical information in your pocket
Specialist development
39 Suggested anaesthetic protocols
24 Dog protocols and 15 cat protocols
Practical Information in your pocket
Each procedure contains up to date, detailed anaesthetic considerations for the patient including:
- pre-op stabilisation where required
- appropriate premedication options
- peri-operative analgesia
- details about induction, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery.
This allows you to choose the most appropriate protocol for every unique patient.




Detailed Clinical Guidance
Clear Instructions
Step-by-step anaesthetic protocols with clear clinical considerations
Molecule Information
Detailed information on 36 of the most commonly used molecules in dog and cat anaesthesia
Suggested dosage
A suggested dosage and route of administration is given
Indication, onset and duration
Information about indication, time to onset and duration of action
Contraindications
Conditions or factors that meaning a treatment, medicine or procedure should not be used
Side effects
Potential adverse effects to monitor and manage
Dose Calculator
The app includes an easy to use dose calculator so that you can quickly calculate the doses required for your patient and also allows you to design your own protocols.
Favourites
Each completed protocol can be saved into your favourites folder to use again, or you can email the protocol summary to be saved in the patient’s clinical records, or to be printed.
Dechra are advocates of patient safety and are keen to promote best practice anaesthesia. As part of this commitment we have included the AVA Anaesthetic Safety Checklist within the app. The Dechra Dog and Cat Anaesthesia App reinforces Dechra as leaders in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia and provides unprecedented technical support to veterinary professionals.
Download on the
App Store
GET IT ON
Google Play
Developed in collaboration
between the AVA and Dechra


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