ABSTRACT: Are you afraid of nitrous oxide? Do you wonder what will happen if you use it? Nitrous oxide has been around for over 200 years, but it is used much less in veterinary anesthesia nowadays. This article provides a brief review of its history, advantages and disadvantages, and guidelines for safe use. We argue that it is still a useful drug as long as a number of safety precautions are followed.

Author(s)

Carol Hoy RVN NCert[A&CC]

Carol qualified as a VN in 1988 and worked in a number of first-opinion practices before moving to the Queen Mother Hospital in 2008, where she works as an anaesthesia nurse.

Chris Seymour MA vetMB DVA DipECVAA FHEA MRCVS

Chris is part of the Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia service at the Queen Mother Hospital and is particularly interested in safety in anaesthetic practice, intravenous fluid therapy during surgery and in providing the best possible pain management for all their patients.

Keywords: Clinical, Anaesthesia

To cite this article: Veterinary Nursing Journal • VOL 30 (03) • March 2015 • pp82-85

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