Precautions when using alpha-2 agonists as anesthetics or anesthetic adjuvants.
Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists have some unique properties that could theoretically make them useful in the perianesthetic period: they reduce the MAC of inhaled anesthetics, and they are reversible. They also have properties that may limit their usefulness, such as marked decreases in cardiac output. Their clinical utility awaits further studies.
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Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D002415:Cats / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists