Join us at AALAS 2017 on Sunday, October 15 2017 as Dr Anilkumar K Reddy of Baylor College of Medicine presents his talk on Rodent Vital Signs Monitoring System
This is part of Sunday’s Technical Trade Presentations Track 2: Novel Techniques/Technologies
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM/Room: 17B
Surgical and nonsurgical procedures involving anesthetized rodent subjects require continuous monitoring of heart rate, respiration rate, core temperature, and blood oxygenation to keep the state of the animal as normal and stable as possible. This promotes animal welfare by meeting two of the 3Rs (refinement and reduction), satisfies IACUC monitoring and documentation requirements outlined in The Guide, and minimizes variability in measurements. Continuous monitoring and making adjustments to maintain stable vital signs are especially important during survival surgical procedures. Recent technological advances in monitors permit early detection of potential problems and facilitate key decisions during surgical procedures without creating additional burden on either the animal subject or the surgeon. Decreased mortality, improved recovery, and reduced measurement variability all contribute to better study outcomes. This presentation will discuss how an integrated approach to surgical monitoring can facilitate regulatory compliance and reduce both the workload during surgery and the number of surgeries required. Discussion will include monitoring and control of core body temperature, monitoring of ECG/heart rate, respiration rate and blood oxygenation, and documentation during surgical procedures. The target audience is veterinarians, laboratory animal care professionals, laboratory managers and technicians, and anyone interested in learning how to make surgical monitoring easy and improve subject survival rates.
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