Veterinary and engineering students at Auburn University worked through several prototypes and campus visits to build a 3D-printed laryngoscope for teaching intubation in goats and pigs.
|Articles|December 2, 2010
Today's Daily Dose: Epidural anesthesia and analgesia
Which local anesthetic is best for shorter surgical procedures?
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“If the surgical procedure is expected to be less than two hours, lidocaine is a better choice of local anesthetic, as recovery of motor blockade will occur before the patient recovers from anesthesia. Prolonged motor blockade from bupivacaine after recovery from a short period of inhalant anesthesia is distressing to some animals and can result in self-trauma.”
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-Christine Egger, DVM, MVSc, DACVA, and Lydia Love, DVM
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