| Autor: |
Horne WA; Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA., Tchamba MN, Loomis MR |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians [J Zoo Wildl Med] 2001 Dec; Vol. 32 (4), pp. 519-22. |
| DOI: |
10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0519:ASMOPI]2.0.CO;2 |
| Abstrakt: |
Five African elephants (Loxodonta africana) were immobilized with etorphine in Waza National Park, Cameroon, for the purpose of deploying radio/satellite tracking collars. A portable ventilator constructed from two high-flow demand valves and the Y-piece of a large animal anesthesia circuit was used to provide intermittent positive-pressure ventilation with 100% oxygen. Oxygenation status improved dramatically in all five elephants. In one hypoxemic elephant, arterial PaO2 increased from 40 to 366 mm Hg. The results of this study demonstrate that both oxygenation and ventilation can be readily controlled in etorphine-immobilized elephants even under remote field conditions. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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