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| Author(s): |
Elisangela Aneli
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2005-06-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Masao Iwasaki;
Cláudia Maria de Figueiredo;
Ana Carolina Brandão de Campos Fonseca Pinto
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| Advisor: | Masao Iwasaki |
| Abstract | |
Computed tomography (CT) is a diagnostic method of election to the lungs evaluation. However, the pulmonary atelectasis or gravitacional dependent pulmonary densities, wich is observed during general anesthesia or long-term of recumbency, could increase the risk of obscuring pulmonary lesions, such metastasis. The aim of this study was to compare the recumbency effect´s (supine and prone), by CT, on the formation of pulmonary densities in anesthetized dogs. Sixteen healthy Rottweiler dogs (Canis familiaris) were used. These dogs were divided into four groups, wich performed dorsal and prone CT exams each, with differents periods of anesthesia: immediately after induction, 20 minutes after induction, 40 minutes and 60 minutes after induction. There were performed four transverse CT scans, in differents sites of the chest. There were determined mean lung density (sector method), pulmonary densities in Hounsfield units (HU) and area in cm² of dense areas in dependent lung regions. Mean lung density was demonstrated that the supine recumbency had a significant density gradient from non-dependent to dependent lung regions, and the prone position hadn´t any density gradient. Dense areas were observed in 43,75% of dogs in supine recumbency and in 18,75% of dogs in prone recumbency. Atenuation was between 43,47 to 361,94 HU in both recumbencies. Area was between 0,03 to 1,55 cm² in supine position, and 0,24 to 0,70 cm² in prone position (AU) | |