Journal article
Anesthesia for Patients with Respiratory Disease and/or Airway Compromise
Topics in companion animal medicine, Vol.25(2), pp.120-132
2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/112602
PMID: 20515675
Abstract
Because the airway extends from the oral or nasal cavity to the alveoli, airway compromise or respiratory disease has numerous manifestations. Complications can be encountered in both the upper and lower airways and include a vast range of problems including laryngeal paralysis, collapsing trachea, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, intrathoracic masses and diaphragmatic hernias. Anesthesia can cause further complications because anesthetic drugs and equipment can exacerbate or even cause airway difficulties and respiratory compromise. When anesthetizing patients with respiratory disease or airway complications, the choice of the actual anesthetic drugs is not necessarily dictated by the presence of respiratory compromise, but rather by the overall health of the patient. The choice of anesthetic technique (e.g., method of induction, method of intubation, use of positive-pressure ventilation, etc.), on the other hand, is often critical.
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Details
- Title
- Anesthesia for Patients with Respiratory Disease and/or Airway Compromise
- Creators
- Tamara Grubb - College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Pullman, WA USA
- Publication Details
- Topics in companion animal medicine, Vol.25(2), pp.120-132
- Academic Unit
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900547930001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article