ABSTRACT
La anestesia general supone la instauración de un estado de depresión controlada del sistema nervioso central (SNC), que se acompaña siempre de depresión cardiovascular y respiratoria, dosis dependiente, lo que implica un riesgo vital para el paciente, incluso si éste se encuentra en perfecto estado de salud. En medicina veterinaria aún son escasos los trabajos acerca de la morbilidad y mortalidad asociada a la anestesia, aunque se aprecia que su incidencia es muy superior a la descrita para seres humanos. Una razón que explica la alta incidencia de accidentes anestésicos en medicina veterinaria es que, en muchos centros veterinarios, no existe personal veterinario o auxiliar, encargado de monitorizar continuamente la anestesia, y de prestar atención a la aparición temprana de comlicaciones durante el desarrollo y recuperación de la misma. En este trabajo se revisan los accidentes y las complicaciones anestésicas más frecuentes en clínica de pequeños animales. (AU)
Subject(s)
Animals , Accidents/classification , Anesthesia, General/veterinary , Anesthesia, General , Anesthesia/veterinary , Anesthesia/adverse effects , Anesthesia/mortality , Indicators of Morbidity and Mortality , Pneumonia, Aspiration/veterinary , Laryngeal Edema/veterinary , Hypoventilation/veterinary , Hypoxia/complications , Hypoxia/veterinary , Nebulizers and Vaporizers , Nebulizers and Vaporizers/veterinary , Aminophylline/administration & dosage , Methylprednisolone/administration & dosage , Atropine/administration & dosage , Furosemide/administration & dosage , Naloxone/administration & dosage , Doxapram/administration & dosage , Sodium Bicarbonate/administration & dosageSubject(s)
4-Hydroxycoumarins/poisoning , Dog Diseases/chemically induced , Laryngeal Edema/veterinary , Rodenticides/poisoning , Animals , Diagnosis, Differential , Dog Diseases/drug therapy , Dog Diseases/surgery , Dogs , Female , Hemostatics/therapeutic use , Laryngeal Edema/chemically induced , Laryngeal Edema/surgery , Poisoning/complications , Poisoning/drug therapy , Poisoning/veterinary , Postoperative Hemorrhage/chemically induced , Postoperative Hemorrhage/veterinary , Tracheostomy/veterinary , Vitamin K/therapeutic useABSTRACT
Acute respiratory signs and increased mortality due to suffocation occurred in a flock of 5-week-old male turkey poults following water administration of gentian violet. Gross lesions of laryngeal edema and occlusion of the tracheal opening with caseous plugs were present. Microscopic lesions in the tracheas consisted of vascular congestion, mucosal degeneration, and necrosis. The condition was reproduced experimentally in turkey poults by giving drinking water containing gentian violet.
Subject(s)
Gentian Violet/adverse effects , Laryngeal Edema/veterinary , Poultry Diseases/chemically induced , Tracheitis/veterinary , Turkeys , Animals , Laryngeal Edema/chemically induced , Laryngeal Edema/pathology , Male , Microscopy, Electron/veterinary , Poultry Diseases/mortality , Poultry Diseases/pathology , Tracheitis/chemically induced , Tracheitis/pathology , Water SupplyABSTRACT
One hundred and thirty cattle with chronic laryngeal obstruction were treated by surgery; the diagnostic and operative techniques are discussed. A simplified technique using local anaesthesia of the laryngeal area was used in sedated calves weighing up to 200 kg. Inhalation anaesthesia through a distal tracheotomy was needed in heavier animals. Complications related to the surgical intervention are described. The animals were reviewed from five months to over one year after discharge from the clinic. The long term survival rate of the 130 animals was 58 per cent. The results after surgery were excellent in 40.9 per cent and good in 15.2 per cent of the animals.
