Tijdschr Diergeneesk
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Tijdschr Diergeneesk · Jul 1990
Comparative Study[Intramuscularly administered non-opiate anesthesia in dogs. A report on the use of ketamine/xylazine, tiletamine/zolazepam, ketamine/midazolam and metomidine].
In the present paper, findings on the use of ketamine/xylazine, ketamine/midazolam, tiletamine/zolazepam, and medetomidine following intramuscular injection in dogs are reported. The combined use of ketamine/xylazine induced anaesthesia, the duration of which was thirty minutes. Untoward side-effects were not observed. ⋯ Neither the combination ketamine/midazolam nor medetomidine induced a surgical level of anaesthesia. Post-anesthetic muscle spasms were a frequently observed side-effect when the combination ketamine/midazolam was administered. The use of medetomidine resulted in a qualitatively satisfactory and prolonged sedation.
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Tijdschr Diergeneesk · Feb 1989
Review[Medical hemostasis. I. the treatment of hemorrhages and hemorrhagic diathesis in veterinary practice].
Bleeding patients are regularly encountered, often as an emergency, in veterinary practice. In many cases local causes will be responsible for the bleeding, but in some there will be a generalised haemostatic defect. The approach to the bleeding patient, suspected of a generalised haemostatic defect, requires a detailed history and careful physical examination in order to differentiate between hereditary and acquired haemostatic disorders and, in the case of an acquired haemostatic disorder, to detect which underlying disease caused the defect and which parts of the haemostatic system are involved. ⋯ Diagnosis, local treatment and replacement therapy with plasma or blood(products) are discussed. Drugs which are contra-indicated in bleeding patients, are also referred to. The second paper will critically evaluate the commercially available haemostatics.