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| Checklist/Pre op for Large Animals |
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Thorough grooming
Withhold food
•Water is provided during this time
•12 hours needed for emptying stomach
•Nursing foals held off food 1-2 hours
Shoes are removed
Preoperative blood work
Tetanus vaccination, or IM booster
Cathater placed in jugular
ET tube placed blindly after mouth washed
Nasogastric tube is placed |
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| Hemostasis During Surgery |
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Definition
Esmarch Bandage - wrap distal to proximal spiral
Inflatable tourniquet - max 2 hours |
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| Anesthetic Issues Large Animal |
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Definition
muscle damage
neuropathy
overflexed limbs |
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•Administering medications
•Postoperative monitoring
•Changing bandages
•Grooming
Other tasks required on postoperative patients |
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| Bandage Care Large Animals |
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Definition
•Bandage to remain until skin sutures are removed (10-14 days postoperative)
•Bandage initially changed every 2-3 days
Bandage layers should be applied in same direction (dorsal to palmar or plantar), and with even tension, to prevent constriction of tendons.
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Most common diseases requiring surgery |
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Definition
•Gastrointestinal
•Urogenital tract |
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Most Common Drugs in Large Animal |
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Definition
xylazine-ketamine
xylazine-thiobarbiturate, with or without guaifenesin |
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Definition
Lateral recum
Emasculator
Controlled exercise for 1-2 weeks |
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Definition
•Most commonly performed perineal surgery
•Performed on fillies on the racetrack
•Performed on mares with poor vulvar conformation
•Prevents pneumovagina
•Prevents fecal contamination of vagina
•Sedation and local anesthetic to vulva needed |
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Definition
•Serious, often life-threatening disease involving inflammation
of sensitive laminae of feet
•Characteristic concentric rings on hooves and abnormally
shaped hooves are developed
Sinkage of coffin bone
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Definition
•Performed to correct a grain overload lactic acidosis
Rumen contents are manually removed
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Definition
•Obligate nasal breathers
•Large, heavy GI tract pressing on lungs can produce atelectasis
•Neuropathy and myopathy with inadequate padding |
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Definition
•Tranquilizers - ketamin
•Alpha 2 agonists - xylizine
Opioids |
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| Large Animal Anesthetic Inductions |
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Definition
•Ketamine with benzodiazepine
•GG followed by Ketamine |
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| Large Animal Intubation Complications |
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Definition
•Epistaxis
•Abnormal anatomy
•Larynx
Nasal
Oral cavity
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| Signs of Recovery Large Animal |
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Definition
•Nystagmus
•Chewing,
•Swallowing
Purposeful ear limb tail movement |
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