A Clinical Preliminary Study of Perioperative Analgesia of Carprofen in Dogs
WSAVA 2002 Congress
*Gaspar Soler Aracil, Jose Ignacio Redondo Garcia, Jose Maria Carrillo Poveda, Joaquin Jesus Sopena Juncosa, Monica Rubio Zaragoza
*Hospital Veterinario Marina Alta
Denia, Alicante, ES
urgvet@infonegocio.com

OBJECTIVES

To evaluate the clinical efficacy of carprofen like perioperative analgesic in dogs when is used alone or combined with opioids

MATERIALS

Sixty dogs which need general anaesthesia for various diagnostic or therapeutic reasons were included in this study. Thirty of them were anesthetized with morphine (0,2 mg/kg IM),propofol(3 mg/kg IV) and isoflurane. The others were anesthetized with the same protocol but carprofen (4 mg/kg IV) was administered 30 minutes before induction. Some cardiovascular and respiratory variables were studied every 5 minutes during the procedure. Recovery times and perioperative pain control were also evaluated.

RESULTS

Carprofen reduced anaesthetic requirements. Intraoperative pain control was best achieved when it was used combined with morphine. Cardiovascular stability was best in the carprofen-morphine group. But the respiratory depression was higher. All cardiorespiratory variables were within normal values. Postoperative analgesia was better with carprofen-morphine.

CONCLUSION

Carprofen is a very good analgesic when it's used intraoperatively, getting less the anesthetic requests. The studied anaesthetic protocol provided a good cardiovascular and respiratory stability. Recovery is excellent.

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GASPAR SOLER ARACIL
HOSPITAL VETERINARIO MARINA ALTA
CARRRETERA DENIA-ONDARA KM 1
DENIA, ALICANTE 03700 ES

JOAQUIN JESUS SOPENA JUNCOSA
UNIVERSIDAD CARDENAL HERRERA-CEU

JOSE IGNACIO REDONDO GARCIA
UNIVERSIDAD CARDENAL HERRERA-CEU

JOSE MARIA CARRILLO POVEDA
UNIVERSIDAD CARDENAL HERRERA-CEU
AVDA SEMINARIO S/N
MONCADA, VALENCIA 46113 ES

MÓNICA RUBIO ZARAGOZA
UNIVERSIDAD CARDENAL HERRERA-CEU
AVDA SEMINARIO S/N
MONCADA, VALENCIA 46113 ES


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