Table 3.
Mean±SD of heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and respiratory rate (fR) in anesthetized dogs (n=6) received ketofol (KET), and ketofol plus lidocaine (KLD), fentanyl (KFN) or dexmedetomidine (KDX)
Variable | Treatment | Time (min) | |||||
Baseline | 5 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | ||
HR (beats/min) | KET | 59±10 | 110±24A, a | 119±29A, a | 106±14A, a | 100±18A, a | 107±16A, a |
KLD | 60±8 | 122±18A, B, a | 124±15A, B, a | 125±7A, B, a | 127±8B, a | 116±13A, B, a | |
KFN | 75±14 | 62±13B | 56±19B | 57±19B | 51±8B | 58±8B | |
KDX | 68±4 | 55±4B, a | 48±6B | 47±8B, a | 49±7B, a | 50±4B, a | |
MAP (mmHg) | KET | 87±7 | 95±25A, B | 96±29 | 99±33 | 100±32 | 96±21A, B |
KLD | 91±26 | 77±19B | 81±24 | 83±22 | 71±13 | 70±13B | |
KFN | 101±4 | 92±4B | 95±6 | 94±3 | 89±1 | 90±2A, B | |
KDX | 75±10 | 114±6A, a | 109±9a | 105±8a | 101±8a | 99±10A, a | |
f R (breaths/min) | KET | 15±2 | 10±3A | 10±4A | 9±3A | 8±3 | 9±3 |
KLD | 12±4 | 11±7A | 10±5A | 7±1A | 6±1 | 6±1 | |
KFN | 17±4 | 4±4a | 5±2a | 4±1a | 7±3a | 9±7 | |
KDX | 15±3 | 5±1a | 4±1a | 5±2a | 6±3a | 7±3 |
Different uppercases indicate significant differences among treatments (P<0.05), and different lowercases indicate significant differences from baseline (P<0.05)