Endotracheal intubation of the dog and cat

Intubation of the trachea is one of many ways of ensuring the provision of oxygen to the respiratory system but is more usually used primarily to ‘secure the airway’; meaning to prevent foreign...

How to intubate a reptile

The purpose of intubation is to establish an airway for better delivery of anaesthetics and to allow manual ventilation. Intubation is the act of placing a tube down the patient's trachea to have...

How to manage a difficult airway

In order to provide safe anaesthesia, the anaesthetist must be able to maintain adequate respiratory function (Grimm et al, 2015). Part of this entails securing a clear airway and endotracheal...

A comparison of the v-gel® supraglottic airway device and non-cuffed endotracheal tube in the time to first capnograph trace during anaesthetic induction in rabbits

Rabbits have a long narrow mouth, with limited mandibular and maxillary movement as well as a pair of large incisors and tongue. All these contribute to difficulty visualising the epiglottis for...