Comparison of xylazine and medotomidine as premedicants for cats being anaesthetised with propofol-sevoflurane

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 139-143

  Selmi, A L ^a   Mendes, G M ^b   Lins, B T ^b   Figueiredo, J P ^c   Barbudo Selmi, G R ^d  

^a ANHEMBI MORUMBI UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SQSW 304 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDETOMIDINE; PROPOABBOTT; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; VIRBAXYL; XYLAZINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HYPOXEMIA; HYSTERECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; OVARIECTOMY; TIME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDETOMIDINE; METHYL ETHERS; OVARIECTOMY; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROPOFOL; TIME FACTORS; XYLAZINE;

EID: 23344435580     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.5.139     Document Type: Article

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