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GuidelineJournal of feline medicine and surgery2018

AAFP Feline Anesthesia Guidelines.

Sheilah A Robertson, Susan M Gogolski, Peter Pascoe, Heidi L Shafford, Jennifer Sager, Gregg M Griffenhagen

Abstract readPractice Guideline
In one paragraph

Guideline in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sheilah A RobertsonLap of Love Veterinary Hospice, 1780 N US Highway 41, Lutz, FL 33549, USA.
Susan M GogolskiAMEDDC&S Department of Veterinary Science, 3630 Stanley Rd, Bldg 2618, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA.
Peter PascoeEmeritus Professor, University of California, 1536 Notre Dame Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Heidi L ShaffordVeterinary Anesthesia Specialists, PO Box 418, Clackamas, OR 97015, USA.
Jennifer SagerUniversity of Florida Veterinary Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Gregg M GriffenhagenColorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 300 W Drake Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe overarching purpose of the AAFP Anesthesia Guidelines (hereafter referred to as the 'Guidelines') is to make anesthesia and sedation safer for the feline patient. Scope and accessibility: It is noteworthy that these are the first exclusively feline anesthesia guidelines authored by an expert panel, making them particularly useful as an extensively referenced, practical resource for veterinary practice teams. Because much of the key content is presented in tabular or visual format, the Guidelines have a high level of accessibility and convenience that invites regular usage. While the recommendations in the Guidelines focus primarily on client-owned cats, the content is also applicable to community-sourced animals with an unknown medical history.

Indexed as

AnesthesiaAnimalsCatsVeterinary Medicineairway managementAnesthesiaanesthetic equipmentcomorbiditiesmonitoringsedation

Identifiers

PMID29989502
PMCPMC10816483

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