• Emil Olsen, Tilde Louise Skovgaard Pedersen, Rebecca Robinson, and Pia Haubro Andersen.
• Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical sciences, University of Copenhagen.
• J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2016 Jan 1; 26 (1): 85-92.

BackgroundArterial blood pressure (BP) is a relevant clinical parameter that can be measured in standing conscious horses to assess tissue perfusion or pain. However, there are no validated oscillometric noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) devices for use in horses.AnimalsSeven healthy horses from a teaching and research herd.Hypothesis/ObjectiveTo evaluate the accuracy and precision of systolic arterial pressure (SAP), diastolic arterial pressure (DAP), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in conscious horses obtained with an oscillometric NIBP device when compared to invasively measured arterial BP.MethodsAn arterial catheter was placed in the facial or transverse facial artery and connected to a pressure transducer. A cuff for NIBP was placed around the tail base. The BP was recorded during normotension, dobutamine-induced hypertension, and subnormal BP induced by acepromazine administration. Agreement analysis with replicate measures was utilized to calculate bias (accuracy) and standard deviation (SD) of bias (precision).ResultsA total of 252 pairs of invasive arterial BP and NIBP measurements were analyzed. Compared to the direct BP measures, the NIBP MAP had an accuracy of -4 mm Hg and precision of 10 mm Hg. SAP had an accuracy of -8 mm Hg and a precision of 17 mm Hg and DAP had an accuracy of -7 mm Hg and a precision of 14 mm Hg.Conclusions And Clinical RelevanceMAP from the evaluated NIBP monitor is accurate and precise in the adult horse across a range of BP, with higher variability during subnormal BP. MAP but not SAP or DAP can be used for clinical decision making in the conscious horse.© Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society 2015.

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