Pacifico Nicole, Weishaar Kristen M, Boozer Lindsay B, Nakamura Reid K
Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724, USA.
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2010 Apr 1;20(2):264-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00476.x.
To describe the successful management of cardiac arrest following accidental venous air embolism (VAE) in a cat.
A 3-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat, weighing 4 kg, was presented for continuation of its chemotherapy protocol. The cat was inadvertently administered approximately 5.5 mL of air IV during initiation of fluid therapy. Immediate cardiac arrest resulted and CPR successfully achieved return of spontaneous circulation. The cat was discharged 5 days later and is reportedly clinically normal 7 months post-discharge.
VAE has been rarely reported in the veterinary literature. This is the first report of a cat surviving cardiac arrest secondary to VAE.
描述一只猫意外发生静脉空气栓塞（VAE）后心脏骤停的成功救治过程。
一只3岁已绝育的雌性家养短毛猫，体重4千克，前来继续其化疗方案。在开始液体治疗时，这只猫被意外静脉注射了约5.5毫升空气。随即发生心脏骤停，心肺复苏成功恢复自主循环。这只猫5天后出院，据报道出院7个月后临床状况正常。
VAE在兽医文献中鲜有报道。这是首例猫继发VAE后心脏骤停存活的报告。
