Accuracy and Precision of Noninvasive Blood Pressure in Normo-, Hyper-, and Hypotensive Standing and Anesthetized Adult Horses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood pressure is relevant to the diagnosis and management of many medical, cardiovascular and critical diseases. The accuracy of many commonly used noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitors and the accuracy of NIBP measurements in hypo- and hypertensive standing horses has not been determined.

Hypothesis/objectives

The objective of this study was to investigate the accuracy of an oscillometric BP monitor in standing horses before and during pharmacologically induced hyper- and hypotension and to compare results in standing and anesthetized horses.

Animals

Eight standing mares from a research herd (SG) and eight anesthetized horses from a hospital population (AG).

Methods

Prospective experimental and observational studies. Invasive blood pressure (I

SUBMITTER: Heliczer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4913577 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature