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- Title
Retrospective evaluation of intravenous catheterization in client‐owned lizards at a veterinary teaching hospital: 21 cases (2018–2021).
- Authors
Liles, Marina; Brandão, João; Di Girolamo, Nicola
- Abstract
Objective: To assess the prevalence of lizards presenting to a university teaching hospital that had an IV catheter placed, the catheterization sites used, and complications arising with the placement of the catheter both in the short and long term. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: University teaching hospital. Animals: Twenty‐one lizards, including inland bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps; 15/21), green iguanas (Iguana iguana; 4/21), and veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus; 2/21). Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Of 129 lizard consultations performed between September 27, 2018 and September 27, 2021, 21 catheters were placed, resulting in an overall prevalence of 16.3%. Reasons for catheter placement included hospitalization for fluid therapy (10/21 [47.6%]), anesthesia or surgery ± hospitalization (7/21 [33.3%]), computed tomography scan with contrast (2/21 [9.5%]), euthanasia only (1/21 [4.8%]), and CPR only (1/21 [4.8%]). All catheters were placed in the ventral coccygeal vein via a ventral approach. Sedation was used in 6 of 21 (28.6%) of the catheters placed. Seven of the catheters (35%) were used for administration of fluids only, 4 (20%) were used for administering drugs/medications only, and 9 (45%) catheters administered both fluids and drugs/medications. No complications were noticed in any of the lizards that had catheters placed, both in the short and long term. Conclusions: Based on the retrospective evaluation of medical records at a veterinary teaching hospital, IV catheter placement in lizards is feasible, including in conscious animals, with roughly 1 consultation out of 6 resulting in a catheter placed. The most frequent reason for catheter placement was for administration of fluids.
- Subjects
INTRAVENOUS catheterization; VETERINARY hospitals; TEACHING hospitals; LIZARDS; CATHETERIZATION; IGUANAS; FLUID therapy
- Publication
Journal of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 2, p236
- ISSN
1479-3261
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/vec.13268