bulldog caesarian

Re: bulldog caesarian

Hannah — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:21:19 GMT

Thanks very helpful, we had 2 v larger healthy puppies in the end and mum recovered well.

Re: bulldog caesarian

bongo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:37:20 GMT

We did a bulldog caesarean the other day which I did the anaesthetic for and even though she seemed to be breathing fine pulse ox was reading below 80 and the vet asked me to give IPPV which bought it up, was a bloody awful experience if you ask me and from other stories I have heard I would say high risk ie, one nurse told me that they had to perform a bulldog c section in lateral cos everytime she was in dorsal she would stop breathng (we did ours the other week in lateral too till babies were out). All that pressure on the thorax, not being able to use Nitrous till babies out, no pre med etc etc all these things = bad!

Re: bulldog caesarian

anji jonas — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:01:28 GMT

hi hannah,

im no expert but here's my thoughts.........

the ASA scale - class 2 is a patient with mild systemic disease and class 3 is a patient with severe systemic disease which is not incapacitating.

a normal heavily pregnant bitch could be a 2? with the extra pressure on her circulatory and respiratory systems from the weight and volume of the uterus.

but a bulldog (depending on the specimin of course) may be more like a 3 because in addition to the strain of being heavily pregnant, she may be dealing with a compramised airway as well.

i know thet we dont really classify pregnancy as a "systemic disease" but when looking at anesthesia risk i think it would qualify, especially end stage.

finally the catergory (2 or 3) need to have "E" in front of it, as im assuming this is an emergency caesarian. if its elective then you would leave out the "e".

as i said im no expert, but thats what i would probably put! - hope it helps - or you get a better reply - lol

Anji.x

Re: bulldog caesarian

dinkyd — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:28:44 GMT

Also uterus will also be larger with bitch being pregnant and bigger blood vessels for vet to ligate so increased chance of haemorrhage?

Re: bulldog caesarian

Rachel Jayne — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:52:29 GMT

Increased oressure on the lungs (when they have trouble breathing anyhoo) due to large belly of babies? maybe?

I would say high risk due to braycephalic breed tbh, should think that would suffice...