Clinical recommendations to minimise problems with associated with the use of endotracheal tubes.
Further recommendations can be reviewed at a previous clinical commentary (Burns, 2020).
The clinical case reports such as this one, are important to disseminate to the rest of the veterinary community. Not only have these authors described the successful treatment of an anaesthesia associated complication; this report also highlights some deficiencies that are present in our anaesthetic management of tracheal intubation. Further research into endotracheal tube selection and verification of cuff seal are required.
Declarations
The author has no conflicts of interests to declare.
Acknowledgements
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