A Comprehensive Overview of Respiratory Compliance in Dogs Under General Anesthesia: Clinical Factors and Future Perspectives

TL;DR

This paper reviews factors affecting respiratory compliance in dogs under anesthesia and highlights the need for further research to improve clinical applications.

Contribution

The paper provides a comprehensive review of clinical factors influencing respiratory compliance in dogs and identifies gaps for future research.

Findings

Respiratory compliance in dogs is influenced by factors like breed, disease, drugs, and surgical procedures.

Respiratory compliance is underutilized in veterinary medicine despite its potential for anesthesia monitoring.

Further research is needed to support the clinical application of respiratory compliance in veterinary practice.

Abstract

Respiratory compliance, encompassing pulmonary and chest wall compliance, is a key physiological parameter for assessing ventilation status, particularly in dog surgery and anesthesia monitoring. This review summarizes several important clinical factors influencing respiratory compliance and explores unresolved research questions in this field. The aim of this review is to provide a reference for future studies and provide evidence-based recommendations for anesthetists to optimize intraoperative respiratory compliance management to reduce unexpected anesthesia risk and avoid respiratory complications.

Respiratory compliance reflects the ability of the lungs and chest wall to expand in response to increases in pressure. In this review, relevant studies were selected through a comprehensive literature search with the aim of summarizing and generalizing them to describe the relevant factors that may be present in veterinary clinical practice and affect respiratory compliance in dogs. Individual factors, including breeds, disease background, drugs administered, and especially surgical procedures, can result in alterations to respiratory compliance due to their impact on the respiratory system in dogs. Despite its potential clinical utility, such as in anesthesia monitoring, respiratory compliance remains underutilized in veterinary medicine, and further research is necessary to support its future clinical applications.

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