title: ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF AN INDO-PACIFIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS ADUNCUS) REQUIRING SURGICAL DEBRIDEMENT OF A TAIL ABSCESS.
abstract: This report describes the anesthetic management of a 14-yr-old, 160-kg, female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops aduncus ) that underwent surgical debridement for a refractory subcutaneous abscess twice within a 6-mo interval. The animal was otherwise in good physical condition at each anesthetic procedure. Following premedication with intramuscular midazolam and butorphanol, anesthesia was induced with propofol and maintained with sevoflurane by intubation. During surgery ventilation was controlled. Blood pressure was indirectly estimated using either oscillometric or pulse oximetry. Presumed hypotension was managed by adjusting the sevoflurane concentration and infusion of dopamine. During recovery, the dolphin regained adequate spontaneous respiration following intravenous administration of flumazenil and doxapram. The dolphin was extubated at 85 min and 53 min after the first and second surgeries, respectively. Successful weaning from the ventilator and initiation of spontaneous respiration was the most important complication encountered. Establishment of a reliable blood pressure measurement technique is critical to success for anesthesia in this species.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Makio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Haruka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumisawa
authors.forename: Kazuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D050681:Bottle-Nosed Dolphin; D002077:Butorphanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D003646:Debridement / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D008874:Midazolam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D015742:Propofol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013623:Tail / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D002077:Butorphanol; D008874:Midazolam; D015742:Propofol
keywords: Blood pressure; Tursiops aduncus; bottlenose dolphin; general anesthesia; sevoflurane; ventilator weaning