An evaluation of the influence of medetomidine hydrochloride and atipamezole hydrochloride on the arrhythmogenic dose of epinephrine in dogs during halothane anesthesia

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Pettifer, Glenn R ^a   Dyson, Doris H ^a   McDonell, Wayne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATIPAMEZOLE; HALOTHANE; MEDETOMIDINE; PLACEBO;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEART RATE; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030030240     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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