Small Animal Premedication Dosages
This is the recommended dose range of dexmedetomidine
What is 0.001-0.02mg/kg? (1-20 mcg/kg also acceptable)
This is the recommended dosage of xylazine as a premedication in a horse
What is 0.2-1mg/kg?
This is the reversal agent used for morphine
BONUS: Dose?
What is naloxone
(BONUS: Dose 0.04-0.1mg/kg)
This is the typical maintenance oxygen flow rate for dogs weighing over 7-10kg
What is 20-40ml/kg/min?
This is the maximum safe dose for bupivacaine for dogs and cats
What is 2mg/kg?
This is the recommended dosage of butorphanol as a premedication in dogs and cats
What is 0.2-0.4mg/kg
This is the recommended dose range for dobutamine CRIs in horses.
What is 0.5-5mcg/kg/min
This is a reversal agent for xylazine we have at the VTH.
What is atipamezole?
This is where you read your oxygen flow on a bobbin style and a ball style (rotameter) flowmeter
What is top of the bobbin, middle of the ball.
This is what is infused into the esophagus of a dog that has regurgitated following suction and lavage (per the VTH anes SOP)
0.25ml/kg sodium bicarbonate + 0.25ml tap water.
This is the recommended dosage of diazepam in dogs and cats
What is 0.2mg/kg?
This are typical doses of ketamine mixed with diazepam for anesthetic induction of horses
What is 2.2mg/kg ket + 0.05-0.1mg/kg diaz?
This is the reversal agent for diazepam.
What is flumazenil?
These are the primary 3 biproducts produced from the chemical reaction following use of sodasorb
What are calcium bicarbonate, heat, and water
This is the recommended mannitol dose for acute increases in ICP in dogs
What is 0.5-1g/kg
This is the recommended dosage of fentanyl in small animals
0.005-0.015mg/kg (5-15mcg/kg also acceptable)
This is the recommended dose of propofol used as a co-induction agent (with ketamine) in adult horses.
What is 0.4mg/kg.
While not a true reversal, this treatment is used for accidental IV administration of/treatment of bupivacaine toxicity.
What is an intravenous lipid emulsion?
(Other useful treatments: benzos to control seizure activity, anticholinergics to treat bradycardia)
This is the recommended maintenance oxygen flow rate for NRB circuits
What is 150-300ml/kg/min?
These are the approximate values for total blood volume in dogs and cats?
What is 90ml/kg (dog) & 60ml/kg (cat)?
This is the recommended dosage of hydromorphone in cats
What is 0.05-0.1mg/kg?
This is the recommended induction dose of telazol for a horse
1-2mg/kg
This is the current reversal agent we have at the VTH for rocuronium.
BONUS: This is a major side effect that may necessitate administration of an additional medication
What is neostigmine?
BONUS: Bradycardia
This is the factor by which you multiply the PSI of your oxygen H tank to find out how many liters are remaining.
What is 3.14?
This is the best drug Ashley has ever experienced
What is midazolam?