The prevalence and nature of cardiac arrhythmias in horses following general anaesthesia and surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence and nature of arrhythmias in horses following general anaesthesia and surgery is poorly documented. It has been proposed that horses undergoing emergency surgery for gastrointestinal disorders may be at particular risk of developing arrhythmias. Our primary objective was to determine the prevalence and nature of arrhythmias in horses following anaesthesia in a clinical setting and to establish if there was a difference in the prevalence of arrhythmias between horses with and without gastrointestinal disease undergoing surgery. Our secondary objective was to assess selected available risk factors for association with the development of arrhythmias following anaesthesia and surgery.

Methods

Horses with evidence of gastrointestinal disease undergoing a

SUBMITTER: Morgan RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3269988 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature