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Review
. 1992 Mar;22(2):294-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0195-5616(92)50613-1.

Precautions when using alpha-2 agonists as anesthetics or anesthetic adjuvants

A M Klide  1
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Review

Precautions when using alpha-2 agonists as anesthetics or anesthetic adjuvants

A M Klide. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 1992 Mar.
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Abstract

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.

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