Field immobilization using alfaxalone and alfaxalone–medetomidine in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): a randomized comparative study

Downey, Philip M.R.; Caraguel, Charles; Speight, Natasha; Fabijan, Jessica; Boardman, Wayne

doi:10.1016/j.vaa.2019.10.009

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“…While much has been published about anaesthesia in koalas, the focus is most often on brief and simple protocols with minimal monitoring. [4][5][6] However, traumatic injury is common in koalas, for which the treatment is potentially complex, requiring prolonged general anaesthesia. 7 As such, the likelihood of developing anaesthesia-related complications such as hypotension is arguably high.…”

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Dopamine and dobutamine may be ineffective at managing hypotension in anaesthetised koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

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Martínez-Taboada

2021

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Managing hypotension during anaesthesia is a common challenge in all species for which there are numerous approaches. To the authors’ knowledge, managing hypotension in the anaesthetised koala has never been described. This case report details two separate koalas, anaesthetised for different reasons, who developed hypotension under anaesthesia. In one koala, hypotension was managed primarily through the administration of inotropic infusions. Hypotension in the other koala was managed primarily through the administration of an infusion of phenylephrine. The phenylephrine successfully improved the mean arterial pressure, while the inotropes appeared to be completely ineffective.

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confidence: 99%