Table 3.
Median [1st; 3rd interquartile range] of rescue analgesics, and doses of morphine, ketamine, and dipyrone administered postoperatively, in dogs submitted to epidural anesthesia with 0.25% bupivacaine (G0.25; n = 10) or fentanyl bolus (GF; n = 10).
| Dogs | Number of rescue analgesics | Morphine (mg/kg) | Ketamine (mg/kg) | Dipyrone (mg/kg) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G0.25 | GF | G0.25 | GF | G0.25 | GF | G0.25 | GF | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Median [ ] | 0 [0; 0] | 3 [2; 4] | 0 [0; 0] | 1 [1; 1.5] | 0 [0; 0] | 0 [0; 1] | 0 [0; 0] | 25 [19; 25] |
| p-value | 0.0002 | <0.001 | <0.002 | <0.001 | ||||