Perioperative lung ultrasonography in healthy horses undergoing general anesthesia for elective surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung ultrasound (LUS) is poorly evaluated in horses, especially perioperatively.

Objectives

(1) Describe LUS findings in healthy horses before and after general anesthesia (GA), (2) evaluate if GA induces ultrasonographic changes in healthy horses, (3) suggest a LUS scoring system, (4) identify horse variables that are associated to LUS changes after anesthesia.

Animals

Twenty-five healthy adult horses undergoing elective surgery.

Methods

Prospective hypothesis-driven observational study. LUS findings were recorded before anesthesia, 5 minutes in recovery, 15 minutes, 2H, 3H, 4H, 6H, and 24H after anesthesia in 8 lung regions. Clinical data were collected perioperatively.

Results

There was a significant increase in amount of I-lines (10.8 ± 8.

SUBMITTER: Ribonnet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9151480 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature