Objective: To establish the incidence of intraoperative anaesthetic complications in dogs undergoing general anaesthesia (GA) for thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy (TH), to determine whether GA duration affects incidence of intraoperative complications and to identify associations between...

The treatment of postoperative pain has made a new focus, especially in regard to epidural injection of analgesic drugs, because it results in a longer lasting analgesia with smaller doses when compare to systemic doses, with minimum collateral effects. Among the used of analgesic drugs, the ...

Peripheral nerve blocks are commonly recommended as perioperative analgesia for orthopedic procedures. We aimed to determine the prevalence of use of techniques and drugs among veterinary professionals with an interest in anesthesia. Veterinary professionals were contacted via an email (ACVA-list)...

Objective: Opioids can be combined with alpha-2-adrenoreceptor agonists to sedate dogs for radiography. The study investigated the sedative effects of methadone or butorphanol in combination with dexmedetomidine in dogs undergoing stifle radiography. Study design: Prospective, blinded, randomized,...

The selection of appropriate pre-anaesthetic drugs prior to general anaesthesia will provide a smoother induction and maintenance phase of anaesthesia. Catecholamine release will be reduced, subsequently reducing anxiety and problems associated with catecholamine release such as cardiac...

The drug combination consisting of the dissociative anaesthetic tiletamine and the benzodiazepine zolazepam is suitable for use in both pet and wildlife anaesthesia and is approved as a combined preparation. Tiletamine features dissociative anaesthetic properties such as anaesthesia, analgesia and...

-The aim of this study was to determine the viability and cardiorespiratory effects of the association of epidural alpha-2 adrenergic agonists and lidocaine for ovariohysterectomy (OH) in bitches. Forty-two bitches were spayed under epidural anesthesia with 2.5 mg/kg body weight (BW) of 1%...

A survey with 32 questions was performed in Cluj-Napoca veterinary private practices about the routine anaesthetic management of dogs. Of those veterinarians who answered this questionnaire, 18.2% are equipped with a machine for inhalation anesthesia, 27.3% do not use any monitoring during...

Providing pre-emptive analgesia by performing regional anesthesia prior to surgery leads to a drastic reduction in intraoperative nociceptive (pain) stimulation. Using regional anesthetic techniques in conjunction with other analgesic drugs that act in different ways on the nociceptive fibers...

Alpha-2 agonists are the only single class of anaesthetic drugs that induce reliable, dose-dependent sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation in dogs and cats. Used at low doses as adjuncts to injectable and inhaled anaesthetics, selective alpha-2 agonists dramatically reduce the amount of the...