Comparison of sedation and general anesthesia protocols for F-FDG-PET/CT studies in dogs and cats: Musculoskeletal uptake and radiation dose to workers.

In veterinary medicine, PET/CT scans are generally performed with the patient under general anesthesia. The aim of this prospective crossover study was to compare the musculoskeletal uptake of F-FDG and radiation doses to workers during PET/CT studies of healthy dogs and cats between sedation and general anesthesia. Volume and maximal standard uptake values (SUVmax) values of abnormal F-FDG uptake in the skeletal musculature, presence of misregistration artifact, and radiation doses to workers for each PET/CT study were recorded.

Comparison between mainstream (Capnostat 5) and a low-flow sidestream capnometer (Capnostream) in mechanically ventilated, sevoflurane-anesthetized rabbits using a Bain coaxial delivery system.

Objective: To evaluate agreement between end-tidal carbon dioxide (Pe'CO) and PaCO with sidestream and mainstream capnometers in mechanically ventilated anesthetized rabbits, with two ventilatory strategies.

Study Design: Prospective experimental study.

Animals: A total of 10 New Zealand White rabbits weighing 3.

Thoracic Electrical Impedance Tomography-The 2022 Veterinary Consensus Statement.

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive real-time non-ionising imaging modality that has many applications. Since the first recorded use in 1978, the technology has become more widely used especially in human adult and neonatal critical care monitoring. Recently, there has been an increase in research on thoracic EIT in veterinary medicine.

Evaluation of lung ventilation distribution using electrical impedance tomography in standing sedated horses with capnoperitoneum.

Objective: To determine changes in distribution of lung ventilation with increasing intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) from carbon dioxide (CO) insufflation in standing sedated horses.

Study Design: Prospective experimental study.

Animals: A group of six healthy adult horses.

Agreement of caudal aortic arterial blood pressure with oscillometry using two cuff widths placed on the thoracic or pelvic limbs of sevoflurane-anesthetized rabbits.

Objective: To evaluate agreement with central systemic arterial pressure of an oscillometer and two cuff widths placed on the thoracic or pelvic limbs.

Study Design: Prospective experimental study.

Animals: A group of nine New Zealand White rabbits weighing 3.