Effects of desflurane and mode of ventilation on cardiovascular and respiratory functions and clinicopathologic variables in horses.

Objective: To quantitate the effects of desflurane and mode of ventilation on cardiovascular and respiratory functions and identify changes in selected clinicopathologic variables and serum fluoride values associated with desflurane anesthesia in horses.

Animals: 6 healthy adult horses.

Procedure: Horses were anesthetized on 2 occasions: first, to determine the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of desflurane in O2 and second, to characterize cardiopulmonary and clinicopathologic responses to 1X, 1.

Effects of sevoflurane dose and mode of ventilation on cardiopulmonary function and blood biochemical variables in horses.

Objective: To quantitate effects of dose of sevoflurane and mode of ventilation on cardiovascular and respiratory function in horses and identify changes in serum biochemical values associated with sevoflurane anesthesia.

Animals: 6 healthy adult horses.

Procedure: Horses were anesthetized twice: first, to determine the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of sevoflurane and second, to characterize cardiopulmonary and serum biochemical responses of horses to 1.