This is a worldwide virtual conference on clinical veterinary anesthesia practice featuring an outstanding lineup of speakers and topics on veterinary anesthesia continuing education that will be of interest to practitioners, technicians, students, researchers and medical professionals with an interest in advancing veterinary anesthesia and analgesia.
Friday, March 5th – AVA Abstracts Presentations
A Track: Each presentations followed by 3 minute Q&A via chat
Block 1: Small Animals
Moderator: Liz Leece
Determining an optimum propofol infusion rate for induction of anaesthesia in healthy dogs: A randomised clinical trial
Walters, Lehnus, Liu, Bigby
Effect of anaesthetic maintenance with propofol or isoflurane on ease of endoscopic duodenal intubation in dogs – preliminary results
Tonge, Bautista Diaz-Delgado, Hughes, Maddox, Alderson
Effects of ketamine or dexmedetomidine continuous rate infusions on propofol total intravenous anaesthesia requirements in healthy dogs undergoing orthopaedic procedures receiving epidural anaesthesia: a randomized clinical trial
Bustamante, Canfrán, Gómez de Segura, Aguado
Attitudes of Spanish-speaking veterinary anaesthesiologists towards the use of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) in dogs: a survey study
Bustamante, Canfrán, Gómez de Segura, Ortiz-Díez, Aguado
Block 2: Small Animals
Moderator: Liz Leece
Development of the Canine Post-Amputation Pain (CAMPPAIN) Scale
Boesch, Roinestad, Lopez, Newman, Campoy, Gleed, Hayes
COVID-19: Its impact on pain management in rehabilitation dogs
Munoz, Duncan, Manfredi
Prescribing practices and opinions of Spanish spoken veterinary-practitioners in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain in dogs
Benito, Gomez de Segura, Leriquiuer, Lascelles, Freire
The effect of anesthetic induction with propofol, alfaxalone or ketamine on intraocular pressure in cats
Shilo-Benjamini, Peer, Abu Ahmad, Ofri
Block 3: Equine
Moderator: Paul McFarlane
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) to estimate tidal volume in anaesthetized horses undergoing elective surgery
Crivellari, Raisis, Hosgood, Waldmann, Murphy, Mosing
Nasal and tracheobronchial nitric oxide production and its influence on oxygenation in horses undergoing total intravenous anaesthesia
Neudeck, Wilkens, Kästner
Effects of inspired oxygen fraction on intra-pulmonary shunt fraction, as measured by F-shunt and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient, in anesthetized mechanically ventilated Shetland ponies
Calero Rodriguez, van Loon, de Grauw
Block 4: Equine-Kangaroo
Moderator: Paul McFarlane
Retrospective investigation of recovery quality following medetomidine vs. xylazine balanced isoflurane anaesthesia in horses
Kälin, Henze, Ringer, Torgerson, Bettschart-Wolfensberger
Butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine (BAM™) immobilization in feral horses (Equus ferus caballus) undergoing field castration
Balko, Fogle, Stuska, Fogle, Posner
Immobilization of captive red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) with medetomidine-ketamine-midazolam or medetomidine-ketamine-butorphanol
Shilo-Benjamini, Makrin-Dray, Kafri, Lapid
B Track: Each presentation followed by 3 minute Q&A via chat
Block 1: Local
Moderator: Ioannis Savvas
Transversus abdominis plane injection: anatomical study and pilot description of an ultrasound-guided combined caudal retrocostal and lateral approach in pig cadavers
Calice, Kau, Knecht, Otero, Larenza Menzies
Ultrasound-guided rectus sheath injection in pig cadavers – a pilot study
Calice, Kau, Trujanovic, Knecht, Auer
Landmark-guided thoracolumbar retrolaminar block in canine cadavers: an anatomical and radiological study of injectate distribution
Pentsou, Vagias, Davies, Hoey, Huuskonen
Evaluation of conus medullaris and dural sac termination in adult sheep
Gutiérrez Bautista, Redondo García, García Roselló, Esteve Bernet, Viscasillas Monteagudo, Hernández Magallana, Martínez Albiñana, García Vitoria
Block 2: Local
Moderator: Ioannis Savvas
Sub-Tenon’s anaesthesia in canine eyes: CT analysis of contrast distribution in cadavers
Gaztelu, Fortuny, Forteza, Aprea
Success rate and perioperative complications of lumbo-sacral extradural anaesthesia in dogs undergoing total hip replacement: a double centre retrospective study
Viilmann, Kloeppel, Wringe, Vettorato
Effects of Caudal Maxillary Nerve Block or Topical Intra-nasal Lidocaine on Responsiveness and Recovery in Rhinoscopy in Dogs
Woodhouse
Comparison of blind versus ultrasound-guided intercostal nerve block: a canine cadaveric study
Thomson, Portela, Romano, Otero
Block 3: Farm Animals
Moderator: Sabine Kästner
Comparison of the effects of two alveolar recruitment manoeuvres (sustained inflation and stepwise) followed by positive end-expiratory pressure on arterial oxygen tension and lithium dilution cardiac output in isoflurane-anaesthetised goats
Gómez Fernández, Potter, Brama, Hughes, Niimura del Barrio
The relationship between food deprivation and blood glucose at induction of anaesthesia in juvenile pigs
Gregson, Greenhalgh, Clutton
Comparison of time until hemoglobin desaturation between preoxygenated and non-preoxygenated hens (Gallus gallus domesticus) following isoflurane mask induction of anesthesia and rocuronium-induced apnea
Legg-St.Pierre, Desprez, Chang, Machin, Ambros
Block 4: Other
Moderator: Sabine Kästner
Reporting of randomization, blinding, data exclusion and sample size estimation in papers published over a 10-year period in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Munro, Bergen, Pang
Accuracy of drug dispensing by veterinary anaesthetists
Cambruzzi
Pedi-lite flow sensor vs. calibration syringe
Raillard, Levionnois, Auckburally, Borland, Garcia de Carellan Mateo, Macfarlane, Merlin, Steblaj, Mosing
Saturday, March 6th – Advanced Approaches to Anesthesia and Analgesia of the Companion Animal Patient
All times Pacific
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7:00a – 10:00a – Dr. Bill Muir – Cardiovascular Function and Anesthesia
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10:10a – 11:40a – Dr. Duncan Lascelles – Anti-Nerve Growth Factor strategies: A New Era in Pain Management
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11:50a – 1:20p – Heidi Reuss-Lamky, AVTAA – Incorporating Fear-free Principles and Techniques into Companion Animal Anesthetic Practice
Sunday, March 7th – Anesthesia and Analgesia for Companion Animal Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians
All times Pacific
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7:00a – 8:00a – Jennifer Sager, VTS Anesthesia – The Basics of Anesthetic Monitoring in the Companion Animal
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8:10a – 9:10a – Dr. Heidi Shafford – Advanced Anesthetic Monitoring for the Compromised Companion Animal Patient
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9:20a – 10:20a – Dr. Heidi Shafford, Jennifer Sager, Andrew Schultz – Roundtable Discussion – The Future of Monitoring: Guidelines for Monitoring in Companion Animal Practice
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10:30a – 11:30a – Dr. Yael Shilo-Benjamini, DVM, DACVAA – Open Your Eyes: Advances in Local and Regional Anesthesia for Ocular Procedures
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11:40a – 12:40p – Dr. Molly Allen – Practical Loco-Regional Anesthesia
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12:50p – 1:50p – Dr. Katie Bennett – Pain Management in the Peri-operative Period
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2:00p – 3:00p – Drs. Yael Shilo-Benjamini, Molly Allen, Katie Bennett – Roundtable Discussion – Options for Optimizing Comfort in Companion Animal Patients: Overcoming the Barriers to Change
A note about CE credits:
While the registration to the symposium is free, the CE credits are only available to paid members of NAVAS. Please consider becoming a member to receive CE credits and support anesthesia and analgesia education.
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