Survey Of Small Animal Anaesthesia And Analgesia In Nairobi County, Kenya
Date
2013Author
Mwangi, WE
Mogoa, EM
Nguhiu-Mwangi, J
Type
ArticleLanguage
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A questionnaire was administered to 35 registered veterinarians involved in small animal
practice in
Nairobi County, Kenya, seeking information on type of practice; numbers of dogs and
cats anaesthetized per week; type of surgeries carried out; drug preferences for anaesthetic
premedication, induction and maintenance; local anaesthetic drugs and technique
s; analgesic
drugs used; use of tracheal intubation; anaesthetic equipments used or available. Additional
questions concerned patient monitoring and constraint to anaesthesia and analgesia in small
animals practice.
The response rate for the survey was 74.
3%. Of these respondents, 34.6% were involved in
purely small animal practice while 61.5% were involved in both large and small animal practice.
The number of dogs and cats anaesthetized per week were 5±3.53 and 2±1.39 respectively.
Ovariohysterectomy, cas
tration and orthopedic procedures were the most common surgeries
carried out. Xylazine, ketamine and lidocaine were the most popular premedication,
induction/maintenance and local anaesthetic agents respectively. NSAIDs were the most
preferred analgesic ag
ents followed by corticosteroids, opioids, anxiolytics and local anaesthetic
agents. Tracheal intubation was rarely employed while anaesthetizing dogs and cats and so was
the use of anaesthetic machine. A high number of respondents monitored animals under
general
anaesthesia with respiratory rate, heart rate and temperature being the commonly monitored
parameters. Unavailability and high cost of anaesthetic and analgesic agents as well as lack of
knowledge on some drugs and on the techniques were mentioned
as the major constraints to the
practice of optimal anaesthesia and analgesia in small animal practices
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Citation
Mwangi WE, Mogoa EM, J N-M. "Survey of small animal anaesthesia and analgesia in Nairobi County, Kenya.". 2013.Publisher
University of Nairobi Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine