Successful management of severe hypoventilation and hypercapnia in an alpaca (Vicugna pacos) with short‐term mechanical ventilation     

Claire R. Sharp BSc  BVMS  Davin Ringen DVM  MS  Dusty W. Nagy DVM  MS  PhD  DACVIM 《Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care》2010,20(2):258-263

Objective – To describe the successful management of an alpaca with severe hypoventilation and hypercapnia, suspected to be secondary to an anesthesia‐related event. Case Summary – A 3‐year‐old, female alpaca underwent a routine eye enucleation under general anesthesia after traumatic globe perforation. Severe hypoventilation and associated hypercapnia developed postoperatively resulting in a severe primary respiratory acidosis. The awake alpaca was supported with positive‐pressure ventilation for approximately 20 hours before successful weaning. Recovery to hospital discharge occurred over the subsequent 5 days with the alpaca regaining apparently normal respiratory function. New or Unique Information Provided – To the knowledge of the authors, this is the first report describing positive‐pressure ventilation of an alpaca in the veterinary literature. In this case of severe hypoventilation, ventilatory support was essential to the positive outcome. As South American camelids continue to increase in popularity there may be an increased demand for high‐quality and sophisticated veterinary care for these animals. Mechanical ventilation can be used to help restore and maintain normal PO₂, PCO₂, and respiratory acid‐base status in alpacas with ventilatory dysfunction.  相似文献   

Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from 33 thoroughbred horses with arytenoid chondropathy (2005-2019)     

Georgina C. A. Johnston BVetMed  BSc  Jonathan M. Lumsden BVSc  MS  DACVS 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2020,49(7):1283-1291

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Influence of speaker's gender on speaker introductions at the 2018 ACVS Surgical Summit     

Sarah E Boston DVM  DVSc  DACVS  ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology  ACVS Founding Fellow of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery  Galina Hayes BVSc  PhD  DACVS  DACVECC  Sara A Colopy DVM  PhD  DACVS  Katie C Kennedy DVM  MS  DACVS-SA  ACVS Fellow of Surgical Oncology  Owen T Skinner BVSc  DECVS  DACVS-SA  ACVS Fellow of Surgical Oncology  Matthew T Boylan BSc  MVB  Julia P Sumner BVSc  MANZCVS  DACVS-SA  Jolle Kirpensteijn DVM  PhD  DACVS  DECVS  ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology  ACVS Founding Fellow of Minimally Invasive Surgery  Frances M James MA  VetMB  DACVS-LA  DECVS 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2020,49(5):879-883

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Contributing factors to surgical site infection after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy: A follow-up retrospective study     

Chris R. M. Hagen BSc  DVM  Ameet Singh DVM  DVSc  DAVCS  J. Scott Weese DVM  DVSc  DACVIM  Quinn Marshall BSc  Alex zur Linden DVM  DACVR  Thomas W. G. Gibson DVM  DVSc  DACVS  DACVSMR 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2020,49(5):930-939

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Initial Experience with Norepinephrine Infusion in Hypotensive Critically III Foals     

Kevin T.  Corley BSc  BVMSm  PhD  MRCVS  Harold C.  McKenzie III DVM  MS Lisa M.  Amoroso DVM Martin O.  Furr DVM  DACVIM 《Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care》2000,10(4):267-276

Seven critically ill foals that continued to be hypotensive despite fluid resuscitation and the infusion of dobutamine and/or dopamine were treated with an infusion of norepinephrine (noradrenaline). The norepinephrine was administered concurrently with dobutamine, and the combination therapy was titrated by use of indirect mean arterial pressure measurements. The highest dose of norepinephrine used was 1.5 mcg/kg/min. In six foals the administration of norepinephrine was associated with an increase in blood pressure. In one foal the mean arterial pressure did not increase in response to the doses of norepinephrine administered. All of the foals experienced an increase in urine output coincident with the start of the norepinephrine infusion. Three of the foal survived to hospital discharge.  相似文献   

GUEST EDITORIAL AN APPROACH TO STUDENT LEARNING IN CLINICAL RADIOLOGY     

Peter V.  Scrivani  DVM  Nathan L.  Dykes  DVM  Rebecca A.  Lonsdale  BSc  BVMS  MACVSc  Kristina M.  Wilson  DVM  Katherine M.  Edmondson  PhD 《Veterinary radiology & ultrasound》2000,41(5):392-395

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Plea for the Abandonment of Obsolete Terminology     

Bill Vernau BSc  BVMS  DVSC  PhD  Diplomate ACVP   《Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology》2000,29(4):114-148

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Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Clinicopathologic Findings in 90 Naturally Occurring Cases   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. H. Sparkes BVetMed    C. D. Hopper BVSc    W. G. Millard BSc    T. J. Gruffydd-Jones BVetMed  PhD  D. A. Harbour BSc  PhD 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》1993,7(2):85-90

In 90 cats with naturally occurring feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection, the clinicopathologic changes seen at the time of first diagnosis of FIV infection included lymphopenia (29%), neutrophilia (27%), monocytosis (23%), anemia (18%), leukocytosis (13%), leukopenia (13%), neutropenia (11%), hyperproteinemia (38%), and hyperglobulinemia (25%). Forty-nine (54%) of the cats showed multiple hematologic abnormalities, and a further 24 (17%) had a single abnormality. The most consistent changes in serum protein electrophoretic patterns were increases in the concentrations of alpha2 globulin and gammaglobulin subfractions. Although there is no established system for staging the degree of immunosuppression in cats infected with FIV, cytopenias appeared to be more commnn in cats with advanced clinical signs of disease.  相似文献   

Correction     

CRAWFORD WH  FRETZ PB  BAILEY JV 《Veterinary surgery : VS》1985,14(1):20-20

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Postoperative Analgesia for Stifle Surgery: A Comparison of Intra-articular Bupivacaine, Morphine, or Saline     

JILL L. SAMMARCO BVSc    MICHAEL G. CONZEMIUS DVM    SANDRA Z. PERKOWSKI VMD  PhD    M. JOY WEINSTEIN VMD  Diplomate ACVS    THOMAS P. GREGOR BSc  GAIL K. SMITH VMD  PhD 《Veterinary surgery : VS》1996,25(1):59-69

A prospective study was undertaken to compare the analgesic effect of intra-articular bupivacaine, morphine, or saline in the 24-hour period following cranial cruciate ligament repair in dogs. Thirty-six clinical patients with ruptured cranial cruciate ligaments were randomly assigned to one of three groups. After surgical stabilization, and before skin closure, an intra-articular injection was given; group one (n = 12) received 0.5% bupivacaine HCl at 0.5 mL/kg, group two (n = 12) received morphine at 0.1 mg/kg diluted with saline to a volume of 0.5 mL/kg, and group three (n = 12) received saline at 0.5 mL/kg. Heart rate, respiratory rate, mean arterial blood pressure, cumulative pain score, visual analog pain score, and pain threshold test on both stifles were recorded preoperatively and at 0 to 6 and 24 hours postoperatively. Surgeons and pain scoring investigators were unaware of the intra-articular medication given. Supplemental analgesia, if needed, was provided in the postoperative period according to subjective assessment of patient discomfort. Postoperative pain scores were lowest in the bupivacaine group and highest in the saline group. Pain threshold, measured by applying calibrated loads to the knee, was higher postoperatively in the bupivacaine group than in the saline group. Dogs in the morphine and bupivacaine groups required less supplemental analgesia than dogs in the saline group. The local provision of analgesia reduces the need for systemic drugs with potential side effects. Both intra-articular morphine and intra-articular bupivacaine provided better postoperative analgesia than intra-articular saline, with intra-articular bupivacaine showing the greatest effect.  相似文献