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- Title
Effect of position on transdiaphragmatic pressure and hemodynamic variables in anesthetized horses.
- Authors
Youngblood, Cori D.; Hodgson, David S.; Beard, Warren L.; Song, Yuqi; Prakash, Punit; Heflin, Lindsay V.
- Abstract
Recumbency affects respiratory mechanics and oxygenation in anesthetized horses. Changes in pleural and abdominal pressures that can impair ventilation have not been described in all recumbencies. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of patient positioning on transdiaphragmatic pressure and selected hemodynamic variables. Horses were maintained under total intravenous general anesthesia with nasal oxygen supplementation. Transnasal balloon catheters in the stomach and thoracic esophagus were used to measure intrathoracic and gastric pressures in standing horses and in anesthetized horses positioned in right and left lateral recumbency, dorsal recumbency, reverse Trendelenburg position, and Trendelenburg position. Transdiaphragmatic pressure was calculated as the difference between gastric and intrathoracic pressures. Measurements of oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressures, and respiratory rate were obtained every 5 minutes. When compared to dorsal recumbency, gastric expiratory pressure is decreased in the standing position. Thoracic expiratory pressure is decreased in standing and reverse Trendelenburg. Transdiaphragmatic expiratory pressure and SpO2 are decreased in Trendelenburg. Heart rate is increased in reverse Trendelenburg. Systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures are decreased in reverse Trendelenburg and increased in left lateral and right lateral recumbency. We found that there is wide variation in respiratory pressures between horses and positions and they are not predictive of associated changes in hemodynamic variables
- Subjects
HEMODYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY mechanics; HORSES; HEART beat; OXYGEN therapy
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research / Revue Canadienne de Recherche Vétérinaire, 2020, Vol 84, Issue 3, p205
- ISSN
0830-9000
- Publication type
Article