An Analysis of Risk Factors for a Fracture or Luxation in Recovery From General Anesthesia in Horses: A Single Centre Study☆

Efficacy of High-Quality Nursing Service for the Patients during the Anesthesia Recovery Period: A Meta-Analysis

“…It is characterized by excitement, agitation, restlessness, disorientation, and inappropriate behavior, such as unconscious waving of limbs, nonsense, crying, or moaning. Although agitation lasts for a short time and can subside on its own, it increases the risk of patients' self-injury and unplanned extubation, and delayed discharge increases the workload of medical staff and hospitalization expenses of patients and is also the main reason for the decrease of family members' satisfaction with medical staff [ 6 , 7 ]. The cause and mechanism of restlessness in the convalescent period have not been clearly explained yet, but restlessness may occur in patients of different ages, with an incidence of 10%-23% [ 8 ].…”

Influence of hypoxaemia, hypotension and hypercapnia (among other factors) on quality of recovery from general anaesthesia in horses

“…However, to the authors' knowledge this has never been confirmed in a larger study population and in non-emergency cases. Conversely, use of salbutamol, a short acting β 2 -adrenoceptor agonist, used to treat hypoxaemia in anaesthetized horses, has been related to poorer recovery scores, and identified as a risk factor for catastrophic fractures or luxation's during recovery (Kälin et al 2021;Bennell et al 2022). Although salbutamol is used routinely for the treatment of hypoxaemia, neither of the two studies identified hypoxaemia itself as a risk factor.…”