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Comments on the dilemma in the May issue: Slipped disk and dyspnoea in a French bulldog
Author(s) -
Lobb Meghan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.k2244
Subject(s) - paresis , medicine , dilemma , evening , surgery , philosophy , physics , epistemology , astronomy
In the dilemma discussed in the May issue of In Practice , Laura McLellan described a scenario where ‘Bella’, a four‐year‐old female French bulldog, is presented to you as an emergency during evening surgery, with acute upper airway obstruction syndrome (UAOS). She is also suffering from a grade 3 intervertebral disc extrusion causing hindlimb paresis, which had been diagnosed earlier in the day at a charity clinic. The UAOS appears to have been triggered by the stress of the hindlimb paresis and possibly the visit to the charity clinic (IP, May 2018, vol 40, pp 166‐167). You wonder how you should proceed and advise the owner?