Table I.
Body condition score (BCS), body weight, hematocrit, and total protein (before and after surgery), duration of anesthesia and surgery, and time to extubation in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy after intraperitoneal administration of bupivacaine-epinephrine (BE) or bupivacaine-dexmedetomidine (BD).
| Variables | Population n = 16 |
Group BE n = 8 |
Group BD n = 8 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCS (1 to 9) | 5 ± 0 | 5 ± 0 | 5 ± 1 | 0.57 |
| Weight (kg) | 3.3 ± 0.6 | 3.2 ± 0.6 | 3.3 ± 0.6 | 0.91 |
| Hematocrit before (%) Normal range (28 to 47) |
37 ± 4 | 36 ± 5 | 38 ± 4 | 0.70 |
| Hematocrit after (%) Normal range (28 to 47) |
31 ± 4 | 29 ± 4 | 32 ± 4 | 0.45 |
| Total protein before (g/dL) Normal range (59 to 81) |
73 ± 8 | 72 ± 4 | 73 ± 10 | 0.79 |
| Total protein after (g/dL) Normal range (59 to 81) |
62 ± 5 | 61 ± 5 | 63 ± 6 | 0.40 |
| Duration of anesthesia (min) | 58 ± 15 | 60 ± 21 | 56 ± 8 | 0.81 |
| Duration of surgery (min) | 19 ± 2 | 19 ± 3 | 19 ± 1 | 0.62 |
| Time to extubation (min) | 7 ± 6 | 5 ± 3 | 8 ± 8 | 0.58 |