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[Circulatory and respiratory effects of ketamine in horses anesthetized with halothane]
D Serteyn1, D Blais, N A Abou Madi
1Faculte de médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Liège, Service de Chirurgie, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Abstract:
Ketamine (0.3 mg/kg) administered intravenously to 12 halothane anesthetized horses caused a significant respiratory depression during ten minutes when respiration was spontaneous. Significant hemodynamic effects were not observed except for cardiac index. Clinical application was also discussed.