Rabbits provide a unique challenge for routine endotracheal intubation in clinical practice because of various distinctive anatomic and physiologic features. Many previously proposed methods for endotracheal intubation in rabbits are limited by several factors, including the needs for expensive...

Objective: To compare between blind and smartphone-based endoscope-assisted techniques for endotracheal intubation in rabbits. Study design: Prospective clinical study. Animals: A total of 34 rabbits. Methods: Rabbits were assigned to four groups: intubation by a veterinary anesthesiologist (VA) or ...

Rapid and accurate tracheal intubation in rabbits is challenging. It requires skill and is a technically demanding procedure. Visualisation of a normal capnography trace is widely considered the most objective indication of a correct orotracheal intubation, especially with blind intubation and...

V-gels® (Docsinnovent Ltd, UK) are the first veterinary supraglottic airway devices (SADs) that have been developed. They can be used as an alternative to endotracheal intubation. Species that would benefit from the use of v-gels include cats and rabbits. In both species orotracheal intubation may...

Background: Rabbit anaesthesia can be a daunting prospect for many veterinary professionals. Their intubation can be difficult; because of this many rabbits are not intubated during major surgery. Aim: To compare two methods of rabbit intubation and evaluate which achieved a reliable airway in the...

Efficient oral endotracheal intubation of laboratory animals is a challenging technique in veterinary research. This study introduces a miniaturized lighted stylet for rabbit intubation. An experiment with repeated measures on two factors was used to assess the feasibility and efficacy of this...

An experimental study was conducted in 12 male New Zealand White rabbits to compare the face mask and endotracheal intubation techniques for maintenance of anaesthesia. Butorphanol was given @ 0.1 mg/kg IM as premedicant followed by ketamine (20 mg/kg IM) and midazolam (1 mg/kg IM) for induction of ...

Objective: The aim was to compare efficacy and side effects of induction with medetomidine-ketamine or medetomidine-S(+)-ketamine by intranasal (IN) instillation in rabbits and to evaluate both protocols during subsequent isoflurane anaesthesia. Study design: Prospective, blinded, randomized...

Providing a secure airway management during general anesthesia could be problematic in some medical cases, especially when there is a risk of regurgitation and aspiration of the gastric content due to increased intragastric pressure. The current study aimed to test the applicability of two types of ...

This article discusses the apprehension of veterinarians, benefits, levels of difficulty, techniques and equipments that are used in performing endotracheal intubation in rabbits under gas anaesthesia.