Effect of low-dose atropine administration on dobutamine dose requirement in horses anesthetized with detomidine and halothane

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1436-1439

  Weil, Ann B ^a   Keegan, Robert D ^a   Greene, Stephen A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DOBUTAMINE; GUAIFENESIN; HALOTHANE; KETAMINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORSE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; ATROPINE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOBUTAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEART RATE; HORSES; IMIDAZOLES; MALE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030734781     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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