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Article: Study results from Cornell University, Medical Department provide new insights into veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia.
- Article from:
- Veterinary Week
- Article date:
- November 16, 2009
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"Observations A 1-month-old Nubian goat presented for sialocyst resection.
Physical examination and bloodwork were unremarkable," scientists in the United States report.
"While pre-oxygenating, the goat was sedated with midazolam and morphine (0.1 mg kg-1 each) intravenously (IV). General anesthesia was induced 5 minutes later with 1.7 mg kg-1 propofol. Sevoflurane was administered in oxygen without assisted ventilation via a cuffed orotracheal tube. Throughout the first 85 minutes of anesthesia, the goat was well-oxygenated (SpO(2), >= 97%), ventilating adequately (Pe'CO2, 36-48 mmHg), and had normal mean arterial blood pressure (MAP, 60-85 mmHg). ...