Species differences.
Species differences.
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DOI:
10.1093/bja/60.suppl_1.116s
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
T. Stanley
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作者:
T. Stanley
Assessment of the effects of anaesthetics on myocardial function is difficult using in vivo animal models because different animals can have enormously different anaesthetic requirements [5-8, 15]. Furthermore, many, if not all, of the analgesics, tranquillizers and anaesthetics available and commonly used to sedate, immobilize or anaesthetize different species often produce widely different cardiovascular responses [5]. The reasons for these often dramatically different requirements and cardiovascular effects are not entirely clear, but may be related to differences in basal temperatures, basal metabolic rate or both, the psychological impact of confinement and captivity, differences in what wildlife biologists call" wildness" or excitement, the state of hydration, heightened or depressed abilities to perceive pain, the use of trained or untrained animals, the effects of training on stress, excitement and CNS activity in different species, tolerance, age, the weight of the animal, and the relative distribution of cardiac output to highly vascularized tissues such as the brain and spinal cord as well as to other large tissue masses, such as muscle [1-8, 11, 15].Some investigators have determined that dose scaling may be best determined by the minimal energy cost or basal metabolic rate of animals [11]. Data are now available which indicate that passerine birds have more than 50% greater energy requirements than non-passerine birds. These studies indicate that non-passerine birds have a minimal energy requirement that averages almost 10% greater than placental animals, that marsupials have even less of a minimal energy requirement, and reptiles have the lowest metabolic rates [11]. These differences are only partially related to differences in body temperature.