Hi Dr. Brock,
I was wondering if I could ask a question about a reply you had given last month to a colleague's question about a feline neuter anesthetic protocol for a cat with a heart murmur. You had mentioned at the end: "Listen carefully for upper respiratory noises such as gurgling both before and also in the half hour or so after extubation and treat with IM glycopyrrolate at 0.01mg/kg." I do sometimes hear this in feline patients after extubation during neuter procedures, (does not occur in patients we do IM sedation for other procedures and are not intubated). I was told or assumed it may be due to the lidocaine spray upon intubation and we tell clients this should resolve within 24-48h. Should I be treating this with glycopyrrolate and is the lidocaine spray the actual reason for this??
A question for Dr. Sylvestre also: I was just looking for the spay and neuter workshop to see if I could watch the cryptorchid videos, do we still have access to this?
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