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J Small Anim Pract
; 54(12): 672-4, 2013 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23902368
RESUMO
Dopamine is a commonly used positive inotropic agent for the treatment of hypotension in small animals. Two dogs that had undergone surgery, under isoflurane anaesthesia, developed a sudden and profound bradycardia when a dopamine infusion was administered. Bradycardia was attributed to the activation of the Bezold-Jarisch reflex, an inhibitory reflex, characterised by bradycardia and hypotension.