• Vet Anaesth Analg · Jul 2007

    Clinical Trial

    Use of rocuronium administered by continuous infusion in dogs.

    • Briony Alderson, J Mark Senior, Ronald S Jones, and Alexandra H A Dugdale.
    • The University of Liverpool Small Animal Referral Hospital, Liverpool, UK. brionya@liv.ac.uk
    • Vet Anaesth Analg. 2007 Jul 1;34(4):251-6.

    ObjectiveA clinical trial to determine whether continuous infusion administration technique was suitable for maintaining neuromuscular blockade with rocuronium bromide in dogs.AnimalsTwenty-two dogs, 10 males and 12 females, median age 2 years 4 months, median weight 32 kg undergoing elective surgical procedures under general anaesthesia: ASA classification I or II.Materials And MethodsAfter induction of anaesthesia, neuromuscular function was evaluated using train-of-four (TOF) stimulation of the dorsal buccal branch of the facial nerve. A bolus dose of 0.5 mg kg(-1) rocuronium was administered intravenously and an infusion of 0.2 mg kg(-1) hour(-1) was started immediately. Neuromuscular blockade was assessed visually by counting the number of twitches observed during TOF stimulation repeated at 10-second intervals.ResultsThe bolus dose of rocuronium abolished the response to TOF stimulation in 21 of the 22 dogs. The median onset time of neuromuscular blockade (complete loss of all four twitches) was 82 seconds (range 38-184 seconds). Median infusion duration was 76 minutes (range 20.3-146 minutes).Conclusions And Clinical RelevanceThis protocol of rocuronium administration was considered to be effective in dogs. Constant infusion of rocuronium is easily applicable to clinical practice and further work is required on infusion titration.

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