DANGERS OF ANESTHETIC
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Some Dogues may be sensitive to anesthetics. It is when your Dogue requires any surgery you discuss the use of anesthetics.
The anesthetics commonly used at vet clinics are alfaxan CD or propofol as the induction agents with isofluorane as our inhalation agent. These are very safe anesthetics and are short acting as opposed to older barbituate anesthetics (absorbed into the fat layers of the body -> long recoveries) which are not recommended.
Sedations may require the use of a combination of domitor and torbugesic which generally allows for the vet to do most basic procedures where and anesthetic is not required.
With all anesthetics however, the quality of the monitoring equipment and the experience of the nursing staff is also of utmost importance. Our patients have their heart rates, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature (very easy to lose significant body heat during longer operations) monitored routinely but ECG and non invasive blood pressure monitors available for higher risk surgeries. An anesthetic nurse is with the patient at all times recording all parameters.
Pre anesthetic blood screens reduce anesthetic risks as do IV fluids.
Unfortunately, the more equipment being utilised the higher the cost as your vet needs to not only purchase the equipment but also maintain it and upgrade it when necessary, as well as have highly trained veterinary nurses to utilise the equipment to its fullest extent .
These days it is rare to see anesthetic deaths in veterinary practice but there are still practices with very basic or no monitoring equipment using cheap barbituate anesthetics so it always best to know what is being done, how it is being done and who is going to be looking after your dog from admittance right through to surgery and then discharge.
Some Dogues may be sensitive to anesthetics. It is when your Dogue requires any surgery you discuss the use of anesthetics.
The anesthetics commonly used at vet clinics are alfaxan CD or propofol as the induction agents with isofluorane as our inhalation agent. These are very safe anesthetics and are short acting as opposed to older barbituate anesthetics (absorbed into the fat layers of the body -> long recoveries) which are not recommended.
Sedations may require the use of a combination of domitor and torbugesic which generally allows for the vet to do most basic procedures where and anesthetic is not required.
With all anesthetics however, the quality of the monitoring equipment and the experience of the nursing staff is also of utmost importance. Our patients have their heart rates, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature (very easy to lose significant body heat during longer operations) monitored routinely but ECG and non invasive blood pressure monitors available for higher risk surgeries. An anesthetic nurse is with the patient at all times recording all parameters.
Pre anesthetic blood screens reduce anesthetic risks as do IV fluids.
Unfortunately, the more equipment being utilised the higher the cost as your vet needs to not only purchase the equipment but also maintain it and upgrade it when necessary, as well as have highly trained veterinary nurses to utilise the equipment to its fullest extent .
These days it is rare to see anesthetic deaths in veterinary practice but there are still practices with very basic or no monitoring equipment using cheap barbituate anesthetics so it always best to know what is being done, how it is being done and who is going to be looking after your dog from admittance right through to surgery and then discharge.