PubMed · 1585561
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The effect of epidural morphine sulphate (4 mg in 10 ml saline) on the minimum alveolar concentration of halothane was investigated in a double-blind, randomized fashion in ten adult patients undergoing abdominal surgery, and compared with the minimum alveolar concentration of halothane after epidural administration of 10 ml saline in a similar group of patients. Morphine sulphate, administered through the epidural catheter 98 +/- 33 min before to skin incision reduced the minimum alveolar concentration of halothane by 28% (0.57% vs 0.78%, P < 0.05).
Xylazine and medetomidine produce reliable sedation, muscle relaxation, and analgesia in dogs and cats. In addition, alpha-2 agonists have proved very effective as sedative-analgesic adjuncts when coadministered with benzodiazepine or opioid agonists. Alpha-2 agonists should not be classified as monoanesthetics. They are excellent anesthetic adjuncts when combined with dissociatives and opioids. Because of the acute alterations in cardiopulmonary function commonly induced by alpha-2 agonists, it is suggested that their use be restricted to the young healthy patient undergoing routine surgical or diagnostic procedure. The development of more specific and selective alpha-2 agonists will continue to enhance the safety and reliability of this novel class of compounds. The unique spectrum of anesthetic properties induced by alpha-2 agonists has assured them of an increasingly prominent role in the development of new and sophisticated ways of achieving anesthesia.
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.