RE: High co2

Nicola Smith — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:00:32 GMT

Hi. Patient was on his front and we tilted table as Well.

He is still doing well today :)

RE: High co2

Laura Dickson BSc(Hons)RVN A1 Dip(HE)CVN DipAVN — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:54:29 GMT

Appologies in advance... my shift keys have decided not to work, making question marks etc impossible

How was the patient positioned for the procedure

Sometimes when obese patients are put on their backs, the increased weight they are carrying can be enough to put excessive pressure on their diaphragm, meaning they can not take full breaths. CO2 therefore increases and they are often tachypnoeic to try to compensate. If you have the ability to tilt the operating table so the patient is lying at an angle, this can sometimes help. Failing that, you need to keep giving additional breaths as you did. The joys of having a capnograph

RE: High co2

V E S — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:18:33 GMT

I've asked this before, answered here;

https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/f/42/t/30642.aspx

Hope this info helps x