{"title":"Presidential Message","authors":"John Hird","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00375.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00375.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Page 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00375.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137084670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SPRING MEETING, 1990 OF THE ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY ANAESTHETISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00393.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00393.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 54-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00393.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137088520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of atipamezole on the cardiovascular effects of detomidine in horses","authors":"M. Raekallio , O. Vainio , J. Karjalainen","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00392.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00392.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The reversal of the cardiovascular effects of the α<sub>2</sub>-adrenoceptor agonist detomidine by the α<sub>2</sub>-antagonist atipamezole was studied. Nine horses were given detomidine 20 μg/kg iv. On a separate occasion they were given atipamezole 100 μg/kg iv 15 mins after the detomidine injection. Blood gas tensions were measured and clinical signs of sedation were also observed.</p><p>Bradycardia and the frequency of heart blocks induced by detomidine were reduced after atipamezole and blood pressure decreased. These reversal effects of atipamezole were of short duration (a few minutes) at the dose level tested. Two of the nine horses exhibited premature depolarisations after administration of detomidine, but not after atipamezole injection.</p><p>PaO<sub>2</sub> decreased and PaCO<sub>2</sub> increased slightly after detomidine injection, but the arterial pH was within reference values or slightly elevated. Administration of atipamezole did not alter these values. Base excess rose after detomidine, and it decreased more quickly towards the baseline level, when the horses were given detomidine alone. No clinical adverse effects were seen from the administration of atipamezole.</p><p>Atipamezole may be beneficial, if detomidine-induced bradycardia needs to be reversed in horses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 50-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00392.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76765795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A survey of anaesthesia in small animal practice: AVA/BSAVA report","authors":"K.W. Clarke , L.W. Hall","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00380.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00380.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Over 150 veterinary surgeons from 53 small animal practices collaborated in a prospective survey of anaesthetic accidents and emergencies by recording all anaesthetics administered and detailing the problems they encountered. From these records it is estimated that 1 in 679 of the healthy dogs and cats died primarily as a result of anaesthesia; many of these deaths apparently occurred at a time when the animal was not under close observation. Anaesthetics involving the use of xylazine seemed to result in an exceptionally high mortality rate. Complications following endotracheal intubation appeared to be associated with several deaths in cats. The death rate in cats and dogs with pathological but not immediately life-threatening conditions was estimated to be 1 in 31. There was no evidence to suggest that some breeds (with the possible exception of the Pekingese) were more likely than others to die under anaesthesia.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 4-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00380.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91774015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A device for testing nociceptive thresholds in horses","authors":"J.P. Chambers , A. Livingston , A.E. Waterman","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00389.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00389.x","url":null,"abstract":"A device capable of testing the nociceptive threshold to mechanical stimuli has been developed for use in horses. It was operated by compressed gas and was designed so that the part attached to the horse was semi disposable. The stimulus was applied via a 2mm diameter blunt ended pin and had a number of safety features incorporated in the design to ensure that the maximum force applied was 27 newtons. The device has been used to assess the response to detomidine in a group of thoroughbreds and has proved reliable and robust in use.","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 42-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00389.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84694067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical observations on medetomidine/ketamine anaesthesia in sheep and its reversal by atipamezole","authors":"O.M. Laitinen","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00382.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00382.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Medetomidine (25 μg/kg) and ketamine (1mg/kg) were administered intramuscularly to anaesthetise 13 sheep for experimental oral surgery. Anaesthesia was characterised by good muscle relaxation and tachypnoea. Heart rates were not significantly different from those recorded before administration of the anaesthetic agents. Spontaneous recovery from anaesthesia was allowed in five sheep. In eight sheep atipamezole, at a total dose of 125 μg/kg, divided and administered both intravenously and intramuscularly, hastened return to full awareness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 17-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00382.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91774014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of limb position on venous and compartmental pressure in the forelimb of ponies","authors":"P. Taylor, S. Young","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-2995.1990.TB00387.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-2995.1990.TB00387.X","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The cephalic venous pressure and triceps compartmental pressure were measured in the right forelimb of anaesthetised, normotensive ponies with the limb in various positions. Compartmental pressure was only significantly higher than the control position when the leg was pushed hard forward. Venous pressure was significantly higher than the control position in three limb positions.","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"43 1","pages":"35-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91543696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hypoxaemia during anaesthesia in seven horses with colic","authors":"C.M. Trim , P.Y. Wan","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00390.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00390.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Anaesthetic records of horses with colic anaesthetised between June 1987 and May 1989 were reviewed. pH and blood gas analyses were performed during 157 operations from which the horses were allowed to recover. A PaO<sub>2</sub> of 8.0 kPa or less was measured during anaesthesia in seven of these horses. The horses were of different breeds, ages and sexes. Anaesthesia was induced with xylazine, guaifenesin and ketamine in four horses and with xylazine, guaifenesin and thiobarbiturate in three horses. Anaesthesia was maintained with inhalation anaesthetic agent and oxygen: isoflurane in five horses, halothane in one horse, and initially halothane but later isoflurane in one horse. Systolic arterial pressures during anaesthesia ranged from 80 to 150 mmHg, diastolic arterial pressures were between 60 and 128 mmHg, and heart rates were between 28 and 44 beats /min. Controlled ventilation was initiated at the start of anaesthesia. PaCO<sub>2</sub> exceeded 6.7 kPa in three horses but was subsequently decreased by adjustment of the ventilator. PaO<sub>2</sub> of 8.0 kPa or less was measured during early anaesthesia, with one exception, and persisted for the duration of anaesthesia. The horses' inspired air was supplemented with oxygen during recovery from anaesthesia, at which time measurement of blood gases in three horses revealed no increase in PaO<sub>2</sub>. Recovery from anaesthesia was uneventful. The surgical problems involved primarily the large intestine in five horses and the small intestine in two horses. Six horses were discharged from the hospital alive; one horse was reanaesthetised later the same day and destroyed without regaining consciousness. We concluded that none of the objective values recorded during the pre-anaesthetic evaluation could have been used to predict the complication of intraoperative hypoxaemia. We observed that once hypoxaemia developed it persisted for the duration of anaesthesia and even into the recovery period when the horses were in lateral recumbency and regaining consciousness. We assume that the altered metabolism from anaesthetic agents and hypothermia combined with adequate peripheral perfusion contributed to the lack of adverse consequences in six of the horses. The contribution of hypoxaemia to the deteriorating condition of the seventh horse is speculative.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 45-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00390.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82076300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Erhardt , C. Lendl , R. Hipp , G. von Hegel , G. Wiesner , H. Wiesner
{"title":"The use of pulse oximetry in clinical veterinary anaesthesia","authors":"W. Erhardt , C. Lendl , R. Hipp , G. von Hegel , G. Wiesner , H. Wiesner","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00385.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00385.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A commercial human pulse oximeter was used in several species to measure heart rate and arterial oxygen saturation (SaO<sub>2</sub>), and the results compared with those from an ECG and bench oximeter. The heart rates were always the same, but differences in the SaO<sub>2</sub> ranged between 4.2 per cent to 10.3 per cent. Correlation coefficients between the two SaO<sub>2</sub> measurement techniques ranged from 0.81 to 0.94, depending on the species investigated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 30-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00385.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85587103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A mathematical model to describe the oxygen-haemoglobin equilibrium curve of the Thoroughbred horse","authors":"L.S. Anderson , K. Smale","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00391.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00391.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100841,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland","volume":"17 1","pages":"Page 49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1467-2995.1990.tb00391.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74472726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}