Cardiopulmonary effects and pharmacokinetics of i.v. dexmedetomidine in ponies

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-64

  Bettschart Wolfensberger, R ^a,b   Freeman, S L ^a   Bowen, I M ^a   Aliabadi, F S ^a   Weller, R ^a   Huhtinen, M ^a   Clarke, K W ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dexmedetomidine; Horse; Sedation

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HORSE; KINETICS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDATION; TOXICITY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 11844304199     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164054406801     Document Type: Article

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