Preparation for Procedures, Stabilization and Monitors

Question 1

Is pre-anesthesia restriction of food and water required for lagomorphs or rodents?

Answer 1

No because their digestive system does not allow for regurgitation of stomach contents

Question 2

What are the possible disadvantages of injectable anesthesia?

Answer 2

Administration site hair loss
Abscessation
Prolonged recovery times
Sensitivity in chronically ill animals `

Question 3

What is the advantage of injectable anesthesia?

Answer 3

The ability to administer it to almost any animal fairly easily

Question 4

What are the disadvantages of strict inhalant anesthesia?

Answer 4

Potential for severe hypotension

Airway irritation from higher concentraions of inhaled anesthetics

Question 5

What does alternating off/on masking or keeping the nares covered with a small mask while working in the mouth allow?

Answer 5

Time for treatment of minor oral conditions

Easily accessed incisors & other rostral teeth

Question 6

Treatment of the oral cavity, especially the cheek teeth, is easier to perform and recovery is usually rapid and uneventful when what is used?

Answer 6

Intubation

Question 7

What can be done to avoid accidental extubation?

Answer 7

Suture the ET tube to the skin of the lip

Question 8

What is used primarily in rabbits, chinchillas, and larger rodents and is often the simple and effective way of intubating?

Answer 8

Blind intubation

Question 9

What may be used primarily in rabbits, chinchillas, larger rodents, and ferrets?

Answer 9

Pediatric laryngoscopes

Question 10

Intubation using what is primarily used with rats, hamsters, gerbils, chinchillas, and smaller lagomorphs and rodents?

Answer 10

Otoscope with an ET tube or IVC

Question 11

What intubation method can be traumatic and irritating to the trachea, should only be used when other techniques have failed and involve a needle inserted into the midventral neck region?

Answer 11

Retrograde intubation

Question 12

Where should the oxygen flow be at a minimum?

Answer 12

500 mL/min

Question 13

What should the isoflurane be set to?

Answer 13

1% to 2.5%

Question 14

How often should the tube patency be checked?

Answer 14

once every 2 minutes

Question 15

What happens if moisture or mucus blocks the tube?

Answer 15

The tube should be disconnected & an open-end tom cat catheter inserted down the tube
A syringe attached
Light negative pressure applied to remove the debris

Question 16

What monitoring equipment has been shown to be useful in lagomorphs and rodents?

Answer 16

Pulse oximeters

Question 17

What refers to the process of recontouring a tooth surface?

Answer 17

Odontoplasty