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Management of veterinary anaesthesia in small animals: A survey of current practice in Quebec.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To describe how small animal anaesthesia is performed in French-speaking Eastern Canada, and the variations between practices, in particular based on practice type, veterinarian gender and experience. DESIGN:Observational study, survey. SAMPLE:156 respondents. PROCEDURE:A questionnaire was designed to assess current small animal anaesthesia practices in French-speaking Eastern Canada, mainly in the province of Quebec. The questionnaire was available through SurveyMonkey, and consisted of four parts: demographic information about the veterinarians surveyed, evaluation and management of anaesthetic risk, anaesthesia procedure, monitoring and safety. Gender, year of graduation, and type of practice were tested as potential risk factors. Chi-square exact test was used to study relations between each risk factor, and the effect of the selected risk factor on each response of the survey. For ordinal data, the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test was used to maximize power. RESULTS:Response rate over a period of 3 months was 20.85% (156 respondents). Overall, the way anaesthesia is performed by most respondents does not meet international guidelines, such as patient preparation and evaluation prior to anaesthesia, not using individualised protocols (for 41%), not obtaining intravenous access (12.4% use it for all their anaesthesia in cats, and 30.6% in dogs), lack of patient monitoring at certain intervals for 55% of the responses, and client prompted optional analgesia (for 29% of respondents). Some practices are more compliant than others. Among them, referral centres generally offer better care than general practices. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE:The level of care in anaesthesia and analgesia in practices in French-speaking Eastern Canada is concerning, highlighting the need for more sustained continuing education.

SUBMITTER: Truchetti G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964820 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Management of veterinary anaesthesia in small animals: A survey of current practice in Quebec.

Truchetti Geoffrey G Otis Colombe C Brisville Anne-Claire AC Beauchamp Guy G Pang Daniel D Troncy Eric E

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<h4>Objective</h4>To describe how small animal anaesthesia is performed in French-speaking Eastern Canada, and the variations between practices, in particular based on practice type, veterinarian gender and experience.<h4>Design</h4>Observational study, survey.<h4>Sample</h4>156 respondents.<h4>Procedure</h4>A questionnaire was designed to assess current small animal anaesthesia practices in French-speaking Eastern Canada, mainly in the province of Quebec. The questionnaire was available through ...[more]

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