title: Pulmonary edema at recovery after colic operation with in-situ nasogastric tube in a horse.
abstract: After an uneventful general anesthesia, in a horse negative pressure pulmonary edema developed due to acute upper airway obstruction during the anesthetic recovery phase after colic surgery. No pathologic alteration of respiration was observed until the horse stood up and began suffocating. The horse had recovered with the nasogastric tube in situ. This, together with the postmortem diagnosis of laryngeal hemiplegia resulted in impairment of airflow through the larynx and development of pulmonary edema. Our objective is to alert clinicians about the possible hazard of recovery with an in-situ nasogastric tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Berne. kata.veres@vetsuisse.unibe.ch
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Veres-Nyéki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Graubner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aloisio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spadavecchia
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006736:Horses; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary