Comparison of medetomidine and dexmedetomidine as premedicants in dogs undergoing propofol-isoflurane anesthesia

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1073-1080

  Kuusela, Erja ^a   Raekallio, Marja ^a   Väisänen, Misse ^a   Mykkänen, Katja ^a   Ropponen, Hannu ^a   Vainio, Outi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ISOFLURANE; MEDETOMIDINE; PROPOFOL;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREMEDICATION; SEDATION;

EID: 0034956112     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1073     Document Type: Article

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