Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
March 7, 2025
Desislava Bekkat-Berkani, Joanna Raszplewicz, Natalie Duffy
A 1-year-old, male entire English Springer Spaniel dog, presented for computed tomography investigation of bilateral pelvic limb gait abnormality. The dog developed tension pneumothorax shortly after intubation because of erroneous connection of the endotracheal tube to the auxiliary oxygen flowmeter instead of the breathing circuit. A prompt diagnosis, based on reduced compliance during manual...
Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
2025
Maria Koura, Eleni Koliou, Stavroula Kourmpeti et al.
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An 8-month-old, Domestic Shorthair male cat was presented for elective orchiectomy. Preanaesthetic clinical examination was unremarkable. The anaesthetic plan included intramuscular medetomidine (30 μg kg-1) and tramadol (2 mg kg-1) for premedication followed by intramuscular ketamine (8 mg kg-1) for induction of general anaesthesia. The premedication mixture, presumed to be medetomidine and...
Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
2025
Silke Pfitzer, Liesel L Laubscher, Jacobus P Raath et al.
To describe the effects of butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (BAM) and ketamine-butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (KBAM) used for the chemical immobilization of giraffes. Quasi-experimental trial. A group of 10 habituated subadult female giraffes. Five giraffe were immobilized with BAM (0.02 mL cm-1 estimated shoulder height) and five with KBAM (0.015 mL cm-1 estimated shoulder height BAM and...
Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
2025
Monica Midon, Stuart C Clark-Price, Hui-Chu Lin et al.
To determine if serum iron concentrations decrease acutely during and after general anesthesia in healthy horses. Prospective experimental study. A convenience sample of 24 healthy adult horses (eight females, 16 geldings), weighing 545 ± 33 kg (mean ± standard deviation). Horses were anesthetized for 120 minutes with isoflurane, after premedication with intravenous (IV) xylazine (0.8 mg kg-1)...
Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
2025
Bruno H Pypendop, Yu Hong Law, Juhana Honkavaara et al.
To characterize the pharmacokinetics of combinations of dexmedetomidine, vatinoxan and ketamine in cats. Partially randomized, crossover, experimental study. A group of six healthy male neutered cats, aged 1-2 years, weighing 5.4 ± 0.3 kg. Each cat was administered six treatments: dexmedetomidine (25 μg kg-1; D) + vatinoxan (600 μg kg-1; V) + ketamine (2.5 mg kg-1; K2.5) intramuscularly (IM)...