|
KMID : 1094020200370060331
|
|
Journal of Veterinary Clinics
2020 Volume.37 No. 6 p.331 ~ p.335
|
|
|
Thermal Burn Injury from a Forced-Air Warming Device in an Anesthetized Dog with Peripheral Hypoperfusion
|
|
Lee Sung-In
Lee Ae-Ri
Lee Ma-Ro
Kim Wan-Hee
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
A 13-year-old female Poodle presented with gallbladder rupture caused by a mucocele and hypoperfusion. The animal had a thermal burn injury caused by a forced-air warming device used for hypothermia during surgery. This could be attributed to two causes. First, the forced-air warming device was used with direct hosing, without attachment to an air blanket, and the heat was concentrated in a single area. Second, perioperative peripheral hypoperfusion hampered heat dissipation and increased the susceptibility to a burn injury. These findings suggest that an air blanket should be used with a forced-air warming device according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Furthermore, patients with peripheral hypoperfusion are at a higher risk of burn injuries and require close monitoring.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
burn injury, dog, forced-air warming device, hypoperfusion
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|