Sleep safely: Anaesthetising the BOAS patient
International ECC Stream hosted by VECCS & EVECCS
Brachycephalic dogs are popular worldwide, but despite their popularity, many of them are affected by health issues that are linked to the shape of their head, such as breathing difficulties or problems with their eyes, teeth or GI tract in general.
We see those breeds regularly in the clinics nowadays for:
• Ocular surgery: corneal ulcers, eyelid surgery, enucleation
• Airway surgery: BOAS correction
• Neurology: MRI, hemilaminectomy
• Orthopaedic surgery: fractures
• Soft tissue surgery: hiatal hernia, lung lobe torsion
• Medicine: aspiration pneumonia, GI problems
• Dermatology: skin fold corrections, deep pyoderma, atopia
• Emergency: airway obstruction, heat stroke
Therefore, we need to become familiar about the possible complications we can run into when we anaesthetize them.
- •Explore the anaesthetic risk and considerations of the BOAS patients
- •Investigate how these patients can be prepared for anaesthesia
- •Discuss the anaesthetic management and recovery of the BOAS patients
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