Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
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Comparative Study
Quantitative and qualitative comparison of three scoring systems for assessing recovery quality after general anaesthesia in horses.
To assess the reproducibility and repeatability of two commonly used recovery quality scoring systems and compare them with those of a novel system based on a greater number of objective criteria. ⋯ The systems examined showed reliability and reproducibility but practicality and simplicity of use appeared to be inextricably linked with imprecision. Further work is required to produce a suitable recovery quality scoring system.