Horses Auto-Recruit Their Lungs by Inspiratory Breath Holding Following Recovery from General Anaesthesia.

This study evaluated the breathing pattern and distribution of ventilation in horses prior to and following recovery from general anaesthesia using electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Six horses were anaesthetised for 6 hours in dorsal recumbency. Arterial blood gas and EIT measurements were perf...

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Main Authors: Martina Mosing, Andreas D Waldmann, Paul MacFarlane, Samuel Iff, Ulrike Auer, Stephan H Bohm, Regula Bettschart-Wolfensberger, David Bardell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4917253?pdf=render