Effect of Dexmedetomidine Low Doses with or without Midazolam in Cats: Clinical, Hemodynamic, Blood Gas Analysis, and Echocardiographic Effects

Figure 9

Values of arterial pH, arterial carbon dioxide, and oxygen tensions (PaCO₂ and PaO₂, respectively), arterial oxygen saturation (SaO₂), excess/deficit of bases (BE), and bicarbonate (HCO3−), in 18 cats sedated with the association dexmedetomidine (7.5 ug/kg) and methadone (0.3 mg/kg) (DMT, n = 9) or dexmedetomidine (5 ug/kg), methadone (0.3 mg/kg), and midazolam (0.3 mg/kg) (DMTM, n = 9), both by the intramuscular route. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. a, b: different lowercase letters indicate a significant difference between moments within the same group according to the Tukey test ().