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Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of intranasal (IN) and IM administration of medetomidine on cardiac size and sedation variables in cats.
Methods: This study included 14 male tabby cats, aged 1 to 3 years, with American Society of Anesthesiologists status of 1 to 2. The cats were randomly assigned to 2 groups (IN and IM; n = 7 cats/group) and received 0.
Vet Anaesth Analg
December 2024
Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA; Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
Objective: To evaluate dose requirements of etomidate for endotracheal intubation, with or without midazolam co-induction, and to describe induction quality and associated cardiorespiratory variables in healthy cats.
Study Design: Randomized prospective experimental study.
Animals: A group of 24 adult neutered cats (17 females, seven males).
Med Sci Monit
January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
BACKGROUND Butorphanol, an opioid receptor agonist and antagonist, is widely used for post-cesarean section analgesia in the form of intravenous or intramuscular injection, but nasal sprays are less used. This study aimed to evaluate the analgesic effect of butorphanol nasal spray on uterine contraction pain after cesarean section and explore its effect on postpartum prolactin secretion. MATERIAL AND METHODS We randomly divided 120 patients scheduled for cesarean section into 3 groups (40 per group): intranasal saline (control), butorphanol intranasal (BI), and butorphanol pumped intravenously (BV).
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January 2025
Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, Australia.
Aims: This study aimed to describe clinical features and outcomes of patients presenting to the emergency department with analytically confirmed methamphetamine intoxication, to determine the blood concentration of methamphetamine and to test its association with clinical findings.
Design: The Western Australian Illicit Substance Evaluation (WISE) study is a prospective observational cohort study.
Setting: Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department, Perth, Australia, between 2016 and 2018.
Vet Anaesth Analg
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey.
Objective: To compare the sedative and physiological effects of intranasal (IN) and intramuscular (IM) delivery of detomidine in calves.
Study Design: Prospective, randomized experimental study.
Animals: A total of 20 healthy calves, aged 15.
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