OBJECTIVE: To compare thoracic ultrasonographic findings in healthy horses before and after general anesthesia for elective MRI utilizing a recently developed ultrasonographic scoring system to aid clinicians in the early identification of pneumonia following anesthesia. ANIMALS: 13 adult horses >...

Objective: To compare attempts to stand, duration, quality, and occurrence of injuries between head-tail rope assistance and unassisted recoveries in healthy horses undergoing general anesthesia for elective surgeries. Study design: Randomized, prospective, clinical trial. Methods: Three hundred...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of detomidine or romifidine on cardiovascular function, isoflurane requirements and recovery quality in horses undergoing isoflurane anaesthesia. Study design: Prospective, randomized, blinded, clinical study. Animals: A total of 63 healthy horses undergoing...

Objective: To determine the effects of intravenous ethyl pyruvate, an anti-inflammatory with putative benefits in horses with endotoxemia, on cardiopulmonary variables during anesthesia and the quality of anesthetic recovery. Study design: Randomized, crossover, blinded experimental design....

Background: Recovery is a crucial phase of equine anaesthesia and factors influencing recovery quality are an active area of research. Aim: To investigate the effect of temperament on recovery score after isoflurane-anaesthesia in 30 adult horses undergoing elective surgery. Methods: Two...

Objective: To determine demographic, preoperative and anaesthesia-related variables that may be associated with unsatisfactory recovery quality in horses undergoing emergency abdominal surgery (colic) in an equine teaching hospital. Study design: Retrospective case series. Animals: A total of 313 ...

Background: In equine anaesthesia, the recovery period is critical, accounting for most anaesthesia-related fatalities reported. Horses may recover unassisted or may be assisted, for example, using a head and tail rope recovery method. Objectives: To compare the impact of head and tail rope and...

Recovery remains the most dangerous phase of general anaesthesia in horses. The objective of this publication was to perform a structured literature review including levels of evidence (LoE) of each study with the keywords "recovery anaesthesia horse", entered at once, in the search browsers PubMed ...

Catastrophic fractures or luxations (FoL) sustained during recovery from general anesthesia are a significant cause of mortality during equine anesthesia. There is a lack of evidence regarding potential risk factors for a FoL occurring in the immediate anesthetic recovery period. A single center,...

Category of research question Treatment The number and type of study designs reviewed One randomised, non-blinded controlled trial and two retrospective cohort studies Strength of evidence Weak Outcomes reported The three studies reviewed arrive at different conclusions regarding the utility of...