Complications associated with administration of detomidine into the caudal epidural space in a horse

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 516-518

  Wittern, Chelsea ^a   Hendrickson, Dean A ^a   Trumble, Troy ^a   Wagner, Ann ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORSE; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; TECHNIQUE;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HALOTHANE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032529494     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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