K J Whitehair1, N H Willits. 1. Veterinary Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with various arterial partial pressures of oxygen (Pao2) in anesthetized horses. DESIGN: Retrospective study. ANIMALS: 1,450 horses anesthetized a total of 1,610 times with isoflurane or halothane. PROCEDURE: Anesthesia records, particularly results of blood gas analyses, were reviewed, and horses were grouped on the basis of lowest Pao2. RESULTS: For horses with lowest Pao2 < 120 mm Hg, those with low pulse pressure, that underwent anesthesia on an emergency basis, or that were males were more likely to have Pao2 < 80 mm Hg. For horses with lowest Pao2 < 250 mm Hg, those that were positioned in dorsal recumbency, that underwent anesthesia on an emergency basis, or that had a shorter duration of anesthesia were more likely to have lowest Pao2 < 120 mm Hg. For horses with lowest Pao2 < 400 mm Hg, those that were positioned in dorsal recumbency, that underwent anesthesia on an emergency basis, that had a shorter duration of anesthesia, that were older, that were heavier, or that were being ventilated mechanically were more likely to have lowest Pao2 < 250 mm Hg. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Low pulse pressure, emergency case status, dorsal recumbency, and short duration of anesthesia were significantly related with lower Pao2 in anesthetized horses.
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with various arterial partial pressures of oxygen (Pao2) in anesthetized horses. DESIGN: Retrospective study. ANIMALS: 1,450 horses anesthetized a total of 1,610 times with isoflurane or halothane. PROCEDURE: Anesthesia records, particularly results of blood gas analyses, were reviewed, and horses were grouped on the basis of lowest Pao2. RESULTS: For horses with lowest Pao2 < 120 mm Hg, those with low pulse pressure, that underwent anesthesia on an emergency basis, or that were males were more likely to have Pao2 < 80 mm Hg. For horses with lowest Pao2 < 250 mm Hg, those that were positioned in dorsal recumbency, that underwent anesthesia on an emergency basis, or that had a shorter duration of anesthesia were more likely to have lowest Pao2 < 120 mm Hg. For horses with lowest Pao2 < 400 mm Hg, those that were positioned in dorsal recumbency, that underwent anesthesia on an emergency basis, that had a shorter duration of anesthesia, that were older, that were heavier, or that were being ventilated mechanically were more likely to have lowest Pao2 < 250 mm Hg. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Low pulse pressure, emergency case status, dorsal recumbency, and short duration of anesthesia were significantly related with lower Pao2 in anesthetized horses.
Authors: John A E Hubbell; Turi K Aarnes; Richard M Bednarski; Phillip Lerche; William W Muir Journal: BMC Vet Res Date: 2011-06-03 Impact factor: 2.741