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Hypoxemia during thoracic surgery in dogs

Hypoxemia during thoracic surgery in dogs
  • Severe hypoxemia was associated with an increased risk of mortality

The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the statistical association of severe intraoperative hypoxemia in thoracic surgery with mortality, postoperative hospitalization times and cost of care. Anesthesia and hospitalization records from 112 dogs were reviewed and 94 cases met inclusion criteria. Recorded data included signalment, disease etiology, pulmonary or extrapulmonary nature of disease, surgical procedure performed, episodes of severe intraoperative hypoxemia defined as a pulse oximetry reading (SpO2) <90% of 5 minutes or longer duration, survival to discharge, time from extubation to hospital discharge and total invoice cost for clinical visit. Dogs were divided into two groups, those that ...

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