Veterinarian training courses library : Dog / Respiratory

Teaching goals

• One-lung intubation is a real risk in cats.
• POCUS is a helpful tool in anesthesia.
• Preoxygenation helps to gain more time in critical situations.

Teaching goals

• Hypercapnia associated with respiratory depressant drugs is extremely common in anesthetized patients.
• Treatment of hypercapnia/hypocapnia depends on the underlying cause; however, hypercapniais frequently.
• Oxygenation can be assessed non-invasively (pulse oximetry) or invasively (arterial blood gas), each with their own advantages/disadvantages.
• Mechanisms underlying hypoxemia include: hypoventilation, ventilation-perfusion inequalities, pulmonary or cardiac shunting of blood, impairments to gas diffusion, decreased inspired oxygen levels.

Teaching goals

• Hypoxia is a condition where either all (generalized hypoxia) or a specific part of the body (regional hypoxemia) does not receive or is not able to use adequate oxygen for aerobic metabolism.
• Hypoxemia is a reduction in the concentration of oxygen in arterial blood.
• A PaO2 of <80 mmHg is strictly classed as hypoxaemia, but some classify mild hypoxaemia as PaO2 80–90 mmHg; moderate as 60–80 mmHg; and severe as <60 mmHg.

Teaching goals

• Arterial blood gas analysis helps determine: blood pH, blood oxygenation, and blood CO2 carriage
• Venous blood gas analysis can also tell about acid-base status.
• Regulation of pH is required because most biochemical (metabolic) reactions can only occur efficiently within a narrow pH range.

Teaching goals

• Learn how to diagnose and treat most common nasal tumours in dogs

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