Accuracy of an oscillometric blood pressure monitor during phenylephrine-induced hypertension in dogs.

Objective: To examine the agreement between direct arterial blood pressure measurements obtained from 2 arteries and indirect blood pressure measurements obtained with an oscillometric blood pressure monitor (OBPM) during normotension and phenylephrine-induced hypertension in dogs.

Animals: 16 male Beagles.

Procedures: In anesthetized dogs, arterial catheters were placed in the lingual and dorsal pedal arteries for measurement of arterial blood pressure.

Fatal hemothorax following management of an esophageal foreign body.

A 10.8-year-old, spayed female toy poodle presented with an esophageal foreign body. The foreign body was removed endoscopically, and a gastrostomy tube was placed to provide nutritional support during esophageal healing.

The use of porcine small intestinal submucosa as a biomaterial for perineal herniorrhaphy in the dog.

Objectives: To develop an in vivo perineal hernia model, to develop a technique for using small intestinal submucosa (SIS) in perineal hernia repair, to further elucidate the biological behavior of SIS, and to compare SIS herniorrhaphy with the internal obturator muscle transposition (IOT) technique.

Study Design: Prospective evaluation comparing SIS herniorrhaphy with IOT.

Animals: Twelve adult castrated male, large-breed dogs.