PMID: 8950432Dec 1, 1996Paper

Cardiopulmonary and gastrointestinal motility effects of xylazine/ketamine-induced anesthesia in horses previously treated with glycopyrrolate

American Journal of Veterinary Research
S SinghD H Dyson

Abstract

To assess the usefulness of glycopyrrolate (GLY) in preventing the decrease in cardiac index (CI) usually caused by xylazine (XYL)/ketamine (KET)-induced anesthesia in horses. 6 healthy horses. Horses were treated with saline solution or 2.5 micrograms of GLY/kg of body weight, administered i.v. 15 minutes later, XYL (1 mg/kg) was administered i.v., followed 5 minutes later by KET (2 mg/kg) administration. The horses were positioned in left lateral recumbency, insufflated with 15 L of oxygen/min, and maintained for 30 minutes on the infusion of 0.05 mg of XYL and 0.1 mg of KET/kg/min. Mean, systolic, and diastolic arterial blood pressures, mean pulmonary arterial and central venous pressures, heart rate, CI, and arterial and mixed venous blood gas tensions were recorded up to 40 minutes after anesthesia induction. Intestinal motility was assessed by auscultation of 4 abdominal quadrants for 24 hours after induction. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon's rank-sum test for nonparametric observations, and by ANOVA for repeated measures and Scheffé's test for continuous parametric variables. Horses given GLY had significantly higher heart rate; mean, systolic, and diastolic arterial blood pressures; CI; oxygen delivery; and mixed venous...Continue Reading

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