The Use of an Air-Inflated Pillow for Assisted Recovery After General Anaesthesia in Horses: A Preliminary Study.

ABSTRACT: Different assisted recovery techniques have been developed to enhance the safety and quality of equine recoveries. This case series evaluates the recovery of horses using an air-inflated pillow (Equi-lift^®). With owner consent, the following data were collected from 19 horses undergoing open castration and 21 horses where a difficult recovery was anticipated: age, bodyweight, procedure, anaesthetic protocol, time required for proper positioning in the Equi-lift^®, time to extubation, time to standing, number of attempts to stand, number of stimuli, behaviour during recumbency/first attempts, and overall impression. Horses were 1-24 years old, with a bodyweight of 483.5 ± 106.8 kg. The median time to properly position a horse into the system was 6 min (range: 1-15 min).

SUBMITTER: Vandaele Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11852072 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature