Epidural morphine reduces halothane MAC in the dog
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 36 (6) , 629-632
Abstract
Morphine, 0.1 mg · kg−1 was administered epidurally on two different occasions to ten dogs to determine the effect of two different volumes of saline dilution, 0.13 and 0.26 ml · kg−1, on the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of halothane as determined by subcutaneous electrical current applied to the fore and hind limbs in a random order. Following MAC determination with halothane alone, epidural morphine was administered and MAC was redetermined. Epidural morphine significantly reduced, P < 0.001, the MAC of halothane for fore and hind legs in both volume groups; from 1.04 ± 0.038 to 0.68 ± 0.034 and 0.60 ± 0.017 for fore and hind limbs, respectively, in the large volume group, and from 0.96 ± 0.038 to 0.66 ± 0.088 and 0.60 ± 0.030 for fore and hind limbs, respectively, in the small volume group. The reduction in MAC was significantly greater, P < 0.025, in the hind limb. This study indicates that epidural morphine reduces the halothane requirements in the dog in a segmental manner. The volume of administration was not shown to be critical. Epidural morphine, 0.1 mg · kg−1, diluted in 0.13 to 0.26 ml · kg−1 saline produces significant analgesia in the dog as far forward as the fore limb and will reduce the halothane requirement to permit surgery. Nous avons observé en deux fois l’effet du volume de dilution (0,13 et 0,26 ml · kg−1 ) d’une dose de morphine péridurale (0,1 mg · kg−1) sur la modification de la concentration alvéolaire minimale (MAC) de l’halothane de dix chiens, mesurée par application d’un courant électrique sous-cutané aux pattes avant et arrière, en ordre variable. Peu importe le volume de dilution, le MAC diminuait de façon significative (P < 0,001) apr’es l’injection de morphine péridurale et ce, pour les pattes avant et arrière. Respectivement pour les membres antérieurs et postérieurs, le MAC passait de 1,04 ± 0,038 à 0,68 ± 0,034 et 0,60 ± 0,017 avec le grand volume de dilution et de 0,96 ± 0,038 à 0,66 ± 0,088 et 0,60 ± 0,030 avec le petit volume. En fait, la baisse du MAC était plus marquée aux membres postérieurs (P < 0,025) et cela semble indiquer un effet segmentaire de la morphine péridurale. Cependant, qu’on utilise 0,13 ou 0,26 ml · kg−1 de salin pour diluer 0,1 mg · kg−1 de morphine péridurale importe peu chez le chien, car la réduction du MAC de l’halothane et l’atteinte d’une analgésie englobant les membres antérieurs est la même.Keywords
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