Effects of premedication with oral gabapentin on intraocular pressure changes following tracheal intubation in clinically normal dogs

Abstract Background Gabapentin is an antiepileptic drug widely approved as an add-on therapy for epilepsy treatment in human and dogs. There is a clinical impression that gabapentin is a suitable drug which attenuates the IOP elevation associated with tracheal intubation in humans. The present study...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Trbolova, Masoud Selk Ghaffari, Igor Capik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
IOP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-017-1206-1