Cardiopulmonary effects of dorsal recumbency and high-volume caudal epidural anaesthesia with lidocaine or xylazine in calves

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-322

  Meyer, Henning ^a   Kästner, Sabine B R ^a   Beyerbach, Martin ^a   Rehage, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calves; Epidural anaesthesia; Haemodynamic; Lidocaine; Recumbency; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BODY WEIGHT; CALF (BOVINE); CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CAUDAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RECUMBENCY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECUMBENCY; STANDING;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CATTLE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LIDOCAINE; MALE; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; XYLAZINE;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 78649743181     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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