Use of a Hydro‐Pool System to Recover Horses after General Anesthesia: 60 Cases

Abstract

A hydro-pool system is a useful method for recovering horses from general anesthesia when difficult recoveries are anticipated.

Anaesthetic management for hydropool recovery in 50 horses

“…In contrast to the studies of Tidwell et al (2002) and Sullivan et al (2002), we report no case of pulmonary oedema. In contrast to the study of Tidwell et al (2002) every horse in our study received crystalloid and colloid solutions concurrently.…”

“…In contrast to the study of Tidwell et al (2002) every horse in our study received crystalloid and colloid solutions concurrently. With the aid of colloid solutions we increased the colloid osmotic pressure and thereby may have helped to decrease the incidence of pulmonary oedema.…”

“…One of these systems is located in Washington State University and the other one is the one that was used for the present study. Up to date, the most important complication during hydropool recovery reported was pulmonary oedema (Tidwell et al 2002). Following a mean anaesthesia duration of 182 minutes, ten horses out of 60 (16.6%) developed some degree of pulmonary oedema and in three horses it was considered severe.…”

“…Today, two different systems of water recovery are in use: the first is a pool raft system as it is used at the University of Pennsylvania (Sullivan et al 2002) and the second is a hydropool system at the Washington State University (Tidwell et al 2002) and at the University of Zurich.…”

Management der Aufwachphase- mit oder ohne Hilfe?

“…For this reason several systems with lifting or weight neutralizing function mainly for recovery after fracture repair have been developed. These include sling systems in combination with hoists (Liechti et al 2003, Driessen 2005, Taylor et al 2005, Fürst et al 2008, tilt tables (Elmas et al 2007) and pool systems exploiting buoyancy of water (Sullivan et al 2002, Tidwell et al 2002.…”