Number of respondents
900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100
Yes No
0 Laryngoscope Lidocaine Lubricant
Equipment used for endotracheal intubation
Figure 3 . Equipment used for endotracheal intubation .
Figure 4 outlines the reasons why intubation was not always performed in some patients or practices . Of the 653 respondents who indicated that cats undergoing castration were not intubated every time , 66.7 % ( n = 436 ) reasoned that the procedure was too quick to allow for intubation . Of the 71 who reported that cat spays were not performed with intubation every time , 43.6 % ( n = 31 ) stated that it was dependent on the VS performing the procedure .
450 400
Number of responses
350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
Animal only sedated
No volatile agent used
Protocol
Quick procedure
Risks associated with ETT
Use of a v-gel
VS dependent
Reasons for not intubating cats undergoing neutering procedures
Unsure
Castration Spay
Figure 4 . Reasons for not intubating the patient for both cat castrations and cat spays .
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