INFLUENCE OF CHEMICAL RESTRAINING AGENTS ON CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION - REVIEW

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • review article
    • Vol. 28  (5) , 575-583
Abstract
A review of selected experimental reports indicated that chemical restraining agents commonly used in experimental animals affected basal cardiovascular function and could influence the response of the cardiovascular system to physiologic-pharmacologic stimuli. Drugs that were considered included pentobarbital, halothane, .alpha.-chloralose, droperidol, fentanyl and ketamine. In relation to effects on hemodynamics, anesthetic restraint produced by 1 drug was not necessarily equivalent to that produced by another.