The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of buprenorphine on cardiovascular and respiratory variables in dogs anesthetized with desflurane. Twenty adult healthy male and female mongrel dogs were randomly distributed in two groups of ten animals each (GB and GC). The anesthetic induction was done using propofol (8mg kg-1, IV), and immediately, the dogs were intubated and submited to desflurane anesthesia administrated at 1.5 MAC. After 30 minutes of induction, animals from GB received buprenorphine (0.02mg kg-1) and GC saline solution at 0.9% (0.05ml kg-1), both applied intramuscularly. Heart Rate (HR); Systolic, Diastolic and Mean Arterial Blood Pressure (SAP, DAP and MAP); Cardiac Output (CO); Venous Central Pressure (VCP); Respiratory Rate (RR); Corporal Temperature (CT) and hemogasometrics variables. The measurement were realized 30 minutes after beginning the inhalatory anesthesia (MO); 15 minutes after opioid or saline administration (M15). Serial measurements were carried out in 15-minute intervals after M15 (M30, M45, M60 and M75). The numerical data were submited to ANOVA (P<0.05). The HR, RR and pH decreased after opioid administration, while for PaCO2 increased. The results allow us to conclude that buprenorphine determine discreet reduction in the cardiovascular parameters and promotes potentially hypoventilation in dogs anesthetized with desflurane.
opioids; blood gas; dogs; anesthesia
