Anaesthesiology

Intra-operative hypotension in anaesthetised horses

Several factors can contribute to the development of intra-operative hypotension in horses. These may include administration of inhalational anaesthetic agents and some sedatives, controlled...

Figure 2. Horses undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy may have concurrent systemic compromise and, in some cases, may be suffering from muscle fatigue or exhaustion.

Evaluating equine anaesthetic risk

Intra-operative mortality was significantly and positively associated with heart rate and packed cell volume at admission in horses undergoing colic surgery (Proudman et al, 2006). Similarly, in a...

Figure 3. The simple descriptive scale for scoring recovery (R1)

Effect of temperament on recovery in isoflurane-anaesthetised horses

Data from 30 horses were included in the analysis. The sample consisted of 12 mares and 18 geldings of mixed breeds (10 Warmblood, four Thoroughbred, seven Cob, three Connemara ponies and six Irish...

Recovering horses after general anaesthesia

Considering the signalment of the horse is important in order to identify any aspects which may affect anaesthetic risk. Studies have identified the following to be associated with higher risks during...

Figure 8. Standing ventriculocordectomy via a laryngotomy a) laryngotomy incision b) general positioning for the procedure c) intraoperative picture of the forceps grasping the everted ventricle.

Standing upper airway surgery: what can be done?

This occurs when the aryepiglottic membrane envelopes the rostral aspect of the epiglottis (Figure 1). The treatment for this is to transect the membrane to release the entrapped epiglottis; there are...