Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2008
By:
Cynthia Trim, BVSc, MRCVS, DVA, DACV, DECVA
Patients that have physiologic or pathologic abnormalities are more likely to develop complications during or after anesthesia and surgery.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2008
By:
Cynthia Trim, BVSc, MRCVS, DVA, DACV, DECVA
The primary concerns for anesthesia for dogs with spinal neurologic disease are the need to prevent pulmonary aspiration of gastric fluid if food has not been withheld, to maintain a low intracranial pressure (ICP) and therefore a low spinal cord pressure, and the provision for pain management.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2008
Hypoventilation (decreased rate and/or depth of breathing) is a common consequence of general anesthesia and results in increased arterial carbon dioxide concentrations (PaCO2).
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