The effects of several inspired oxygen fractions (FiO2) on the echocardiographic parameters by M-mode were evaluated in eight adult spontaneously breathing mongrel dogs anesthetized with continuous infusion of propofol. Each animal underwent five anesthesia procedures. In each procedure, the patient was allowed to breath a different FiO2, thereby resulting in five groups, namely: G100 (FiO2 = 1), G80 (FiO2 = 0.8), G60 (FiO2 =0.6), G40 (FiO2 = 0.4), and G20 (FiO2 = 0.21). To induce anesthesia, propofol was given until the animals allowed orotracheal intubation, followed by immediate continuous infusion of propofol. The initial measurement (M0) was performed before any drug administration, the second was recorded 30 minutes after the infusion of propofol (M30), and additional recordings were performed at 15-minute intervals (M45, M60, M75, and M90), during 60 minutes. At M60, for the end-systolic interventricular septum thickness (IVSs), the mean of G100 was greater than G60 and G20. Regarding left ventricular wall fractional thickness (LVWF) at M30, G100 was lower than G80; and at M75, G80 was greater than G40. In relation to left ventricular end-systolic volume index (ESVI), at M45, G40 was greater than G80. In conclusion, different FiO2 does not impair echocardiographic parameters.
dog; oxygen inspired fraction; propofol; anesthesia; echocardiography
