Updates on pulmonary function testing in small animals

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2014 Jan;44(1):1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2013.08.007. Epub 2013 Oct 6.

Abstract

This article focuses on the most commonly used tests of pulmonary function in companion animals, including tests of pulmonary mechanics as well as of gas exchange in the lungs.

Keywords: Arterial blood gas; Capnography; Plethysmography; Pulmonary function testing; Pulse oximetry; Spirometry; Tidal breathing flow-volume loops.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Size
  • Carbon Dioxide / blood
  • Cats / physiology*
  • Dogs / physiology*
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Respiratory Function Tests / methods
  • Respiratory Function Tests / veterinary*

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Oxygen