Continuous intravenous anaesthesia with sufentanil and midazolam in medetomidine premedicated New Zealand White rabbits

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hedenqvist, Patricia ^a   Edner, Anna ^a   Fahlman, Åsa ^a   Jensen Waern, Marianne ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 agonist; Benzodiazepine; Hypotension; Midazolam; Opioid; Rabbit; Respiratory depression; Sufentanil; TIVA

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; SUFENTANIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SUFENTANIL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872803793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-21     Document Type: Article

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