Recovery of horses from general anesthesia in a darkened or illuminated recovery stall

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Stuart C Clark-PriceR D Gleed

Abstract

To assess whether recovery from general anesthesia, in an illuminated or a darkened stall, has an effect on time to first movement, time to standing, and recovery score. Prospective randomized clinical study. Twenty-nine healthy, 2- to 5-year-old horses undergoing surgical correction of dorsal displacement of the soft palate. Each horse was assigned randomly to recover in either an illuminated (n = 15) or a darkened stall (n = 14). For pre-anesthetic medication, all horses received intravenous (IV) xylazine (0.4 mg kg(-1)) and butorphanol (0.02 mg kg(-1)). Anesthesia was induced with midazolam (0.1 mg kg(-1)) and ketamine (2.2 mg kg(-1)) IV and maintained on isoflurane in oxygen. Vital parameters, end-tidal CO(2) and isoflurane were recorded at 5-minute intervals. At the conclusion of anesthesia, horses were placed in either an illuminated or a darkened stall and xylazine (0.2 mg kg(-1)) IV was administered at extubation. Video cameras were used to record the horses while they were allowed to recover undisturbed. Video recordings were later viewed and recoveries were evaluated on a 100-point scale by three graders. Horses in illuminated and darkened recovery stalls were evaluated on total anesthesia time, minimum alveolar conce...Continue Reading

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Mar 19, 2013·The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Equine Practice·Stuart C Clark-Price
Mar 1, 2014·Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia·Manuel Martin-FloresJonathan Cheetham
May 13, 2014·Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia·Nina PöppelSabine Kästner
Jun 19, 2018·Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·Melanie A JarrettLysa P Posner
Jul 6, 2019·Journal of Veterinary Research·Güneri AtalanIhsan Keleş
Feb 25, 2020·Equine Veterinary Journal·Alycia CrandallDavid Levine
Feb 5, 2021·Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia·Cristina de Miguel GarciaRobin D Gleed
Jul 3, 2021·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Miguel Gozalo-Marcilla, Simone Katja Ringer

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