JEPM October 2018 —Abstracts

The primary objective of this retrospective study was to identify the outcome of birds anesthetized at a veterinary referral hospital, and the secondary goal was to determine if patient factors or other variables were associated with an increased risk of anesthesia-related death. Medical records of birds that underwent inhalation anesthesia from 2004 through 2014 at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Georgia were reviewed. Data collected included date of visit, age, species, sex, and type of bird (e.g., pet, free-ranging, wild kept in captivity); body weight and body condition score; diagnosis; procedure; American Society of Anesthesiologists status; drugs used for premedication and induction of anesthesia; type of maintenance anesthesia; route and type of fluid administration; volumes of crystalloid and colloid fluids administered; intraoperative events; estimated blood loss; duration of anesthesia; duration of surgery; recovery time and recovery notes; whether birds survived to be discharged from the hospital; time of death; cost of anesthesia and total cost of hospitalization; and nadir and peak values for heart rate, end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide, concentration of inhaled anesthetic, and body temperature during surgery.
Source: Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Source Type: research