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Fentanyl-induced asystole in two dogs
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- Issue Date
- 2015-06
- Publisher
- British Veterinary Association
- Citation
- Journal of Small Animal Practice, Vol.56 No.6, pp.411-413
- Abstract
- Fentanyl is used in small animals for perioperative analgesia during anaesthesia. Severe bradycardia and asystole were observed on bolus administration of a 3 mu g/kg loading dose of fentanyl in two dogs under isoflurane anaesthesia. Premedication with 10 mu g/kg glycopyrrolate did not prevent asystole in the first case; and although bradycardia was treated with 5 mu g/kg glycopyrrolate administered intravenously in the second case, the heart rate continuously decreased and asystole subsequently developed. Asystole in both cases was quickly corrected by intravenous administration of 004 mg/kg atropine and closed chest compressions. This case report describes asystole induced by fentanyl administration in isoflurane anaesthetised dogs. Atropine was more effective than glycopyrrolate in the treatment of fentanyl-induced asystole.
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- 0022-4510
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