Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
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J Am Anim Hosp Assoc · Sep 2001
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialA multisite case report on the clinical use of sevoflurane in dogs.
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the clinical safety and efficacy of sevoflurane as an inhalant anesthetic in dogs. Subjective and objective data from 196 clinical cases utilizing sevoflurane as the maintenance anesthetic was collected at three sites. ⋯ The three most common side effects during maintenance and recovery were hypotension, tachypnea, and apnea. Sevoflurane produces anesthesia in dogs comparable to the other inhalation anesthetics currently used (i.e., halothane and isoflurane) for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.