Analgesic effects of epidurally administered levogyral ketamine alone or in combination with morphine on intraoperative and postoperative pain in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-61

  Acosta, Alinne Dalla Porta ^a   Gomar, Carmen ^a   Correa Natalini, Claudio ^b   Bopp, Simone ^c   Polydoro, Alexandre ^c   Sala Blanch, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMORF; KETAMIN S; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; OXYGEN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PULSE OXIMETRY; SALIVATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SKIN INCISION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 13444263618     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.54     Document Type: Article

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