[Blood gases and pH value in swine anesthetized with barbiturate].

Abstract

The influence of short term anaesthesia with the N-methyl barbiturate Eunarcon on the pH and blood gases was investigated in 19 clinical healthy male castrated pigs of the breed Large White, three months old and with a mean body weight of 30 kg. The factors of oxygen in the blood--content, saturation of hemoglobin, O2 partial pressure--are diminished continuously during anaesthesia, with a decrease of pO2 on 77% of the initial value. The pCO2 increased, and the peak value of 11% above the initial level was seen already 10 minutes after starting the anaesthesia. The pH value like a seismograph of the ionic balance is not changed significantly. The results are discussed in connection with problems of medication and control of intravenous anaesthesia.

• Authors: H H Thielscher, M Steinhardt, N Schwarze
• Journal: DTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift (Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr) Vol. 101 Issue 5 Pg. 199-201 (May 1994) ISSN: 0341-6593 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Blutgase und pH-Wert unter Barbiturat-Anästhesie beim Schwein.
• PMID: 8013298 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Barbiturates
• Carbon Dioxide
• pronarcon
• Oxygen

Topics

• Anesthesia (veterinary)
• Animals
• Barbiturates
• Blood Gas Analysis (veterinary)
• Carbon Dioxide (blood)
• Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
• Male
• Oxygen (blood)
• Swine (blood)