Uncoordinated Cilia Function in Dogs The sheer force produced by
exhalation and coughing can clear airway secretions, so routine
exercise may enhance mucus clearance by increasing respiration
and inducing coughing. Supplemental oxygen therapy may be needed
during acute episodes of life-threatening bronchopneumonia.
Antibiotics will be prescribed for respiratory infections on the
basis of bacterial culture and sensitivity testing. It may be
continued indefinitely, although it may possibly become
ineffective because of a buildup of bacterial resistance.
Anesthesia is risky with these patients because the ability to
breath is impaired. Living and Management High ambient
temperature may produce hyperthermia and potential heat stroke
because of reduced capacity for evaporative heat loss through
the lungs. Cysts in the chest may develop from prolonged air
entrapment in the pleural cavity, which can then rupture and
produce a pneumonic condition in the lungs. Other aftereffects
are also possible. For these reasons,