Intermittent At-Home Suctioning of Esophageal Content for Prevention of Recurrent Aspiration Pneumonia in 4 Dogs with Megaesophagus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Megaesophagus carries a poor to guarded prognosis due to death from aspiration pneumonia. Options for medical management of regurgitation are limited to strategic oral or gastrostomy tube feeding.

Objectives

To describe the use and efficacy of intermittent esophageal suctioning to prevent regurgitation and associated episodes of aspiration pneumonia in dogs with megaesophagus.

Animals

Four dogs with acquired idiopathic megaesophagus and recurrent aspiration pneumonia.

Methods

Retrospective review of medical records of dogs with megaesophagus in which intermittent suctioning of esophageal content was employed for management of recurrent aspiration pneumonia.

Results

Intermittent suctioning of the esophagus was initiated in 4 dogs after failure

SUBMITTER: Manning K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5032866 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature