Clinical measurements performed during alfaxalone total intravenous anaesthesia for radiography and neurophysiological investigations in dogs

• Published in: Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 483 - 487
• Main Authors: Hunt, James R., Goff, Megan, Jenkins, Helen, Harris, John, Knowles, Toby G., Lascelles, B. Duncan X., Mendl, Mike, Whay, Helen R., Murrell, Joanna C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2019
• Subjects: alfaxalone; Anesthesia, Intravenous - veterinary; Anesthetics - administration & dosage; Anesthetics - adverse effects; Anesthetics - pharmacology; Animals; Apnea - chemically induced; Apnea - veterinary; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Carbon Dioxide - blood; Case-Control Studies; dog; Dog Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Dogs; Female; Heart Rate - drug effects; Male; Osteoarthritis - diagnostic imaging; Osteoarthritis - veterinary; Oxygen - blood; Pregnanediones - administration & dosage; Pregnanediones - adverse effects; Pregnanediones - pharmacology; Radiography - veterinary; Respiration - drug effects; total intravenous anaesthesia; total intravenous anaesthesia; dog; alfaxalone

To describe clinically relevant, physiological measurements collected during a 3 hour duration of alfaxalone total intravenous anaesthesia. Case series. A total of 112 client-owned middle-aged or older dogs. Dogs were premedicated with intramuscular acepromazine (0.03 mg kg–1). Anaesthesia was induc...