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Resuscitation attempts in a foal with sudden cardiac arrest in the early recovery period
Author(s) -
Hopster K.,
Tüensmeyer J.,
Kästner S. B. R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/eve.12143
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , defibrillation , ventricular fibrillation , resuscitation , foal , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , midazolam , sedation , cardiology , archaeology , history
Summary A 3‐month‐old female Warmblood foal, weighing 150 kg, was presented to the Equine Clinic of the U niversity of H annover with a fracture of the ulna ( type 5 fracture of the olecranon). Anaesthesia was induced with midazolam and ketamine after sedation with xylazine and maintained with isoflurane. Anaesthesia was uneventful until cardiac arrest occurred in the early recovery period. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( CPR ) was performed with chest compressions and electrical defibrillation. During resuscitation palpebral reflexes and spontaneous breathing returned but ventricular fibrillation could not be converted to sinus rhythm by transthoracic defibrillation of the heart by electrical shock.