{"id":3264,"date":"2024-05-10T14:07:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T12:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:32:43","slug":"emergency-management-of-patients-with-tracheal-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/emergency-management-of-patients-with-tracheal-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency management of patients with tracheal collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"
Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n Tracheal collapse occurs frequently in small breeds. Both the intrathoracic and extrathoracic portions may be affected, also extending into the main bronchus.<\/p>\n Its aetiology lies in a deficiency in the cartilage matrix, which results in a collapse of the tracheal lumen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Diagnosis<\/strong><\/p>\n I) Clinical signs: cough, severe cough after exercise-excitation, syncope after coughing episode, hyperthermia, moderate to severe respiratory distress.<\/p>\n II) Cervical – thoracic, lateral and dorsoventral radiographs: – Inspiration: a narrowing of the extrathoracic tracheal portion and a widening of the intrathoracic portion can be seen on the lateral radiograph. – Exhalation: the lateral X-ray shows a dilatation of the cervical-extrathoracic portion and a narrowing of the intrathoracic portion.<\/p>\n III) Fluoroscopy<\/p>\n IV) Bronchoscopy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Emergency management and treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n I) Oxygen therapy and sedation (butorphanol and\/or acepromazine).<\/p>\n II) Anti-inflammatory doses of corticosteroids: 0.5 mg\/kg IV methylprednisone.<\/p>\n III) Terbutaline 0.01 mg\/kg IV, SC<\/p>\n IV) Active cooling of the patient if temperature > 39.5\u00baC.<\/p>\n V) Patients who must be intubated and cannot be extubated due to further collapse each time it is attempted are candidates for emergency surgery or tracheal stenting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction Tracheal collapse occurs frequently in small breeds. Both the intrathoracic and extrathoracic portions may be affected, also extending into the main bronchus. Its aetiology lies in a deficiency in the cartilage matrix, which results in a collapse of the tracheal lumen. Diagnosis I) Clinical signs: cough, severe cough after exercise-excitation, syncope after coughing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clinical-content"],"yoast_head":"\n