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Clinical use of the parasympathetic tone activity index as a measurement of postoperative analgaesia in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy Cover

Clinical use of the parasympathetic tone activity index as a measurement of postoperative analgaesia in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy

Journal of Veterinary Research
Volume 65 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)
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|Jan 2021
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Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Postoperative PTA values during different treatment times with carprofen, meloxicam, and paracetamol

The P value comparing the PTA indices between treatments was 0.97 and the P value comparing baseline values to post-operative values was 0.99

Table 1

UMPS scores during the postoperative period in GPARAC, GCARP, and GMELOX

Postoperative period (hours)
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GPARAC5.5±0.84.5±0.83.0±0.63.0±0.42.0±0.42.0±0.41.5±0.31.0±0.31.0±0.30.0±0.2*0.0±0.2*
GCARP4.5±1.44.0±0.63.0±0.32.0±0.32.0±0.31.0±0.41.0±0.40.5±0.40.0±0.4*0.0±0.1*0.0±0.1*
GMELOX5±0.93.5±0.83.0±0.42.5±0.31.5±0.50.5±0.30.5±0.30.0±0.1*0.0±0.1*0.0±0.0*0.0±0.0*

[i] (*) Statistically significant differences from the first evaluation (P = 0.001)

No statistically significant differences were found between treatments (P = 0.99)

Table 2

Intrinsic diagnostic characteristics of the PTA index during the evaluation of postoperative analgaesia

Percentage
Sensitivity40%
Specificity98.46%
Negative predictive value99.07%
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2021-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608 (formerly 2300-3235)
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Language: English
Page range: 117 - 123
Submitted on: Jul 16, 2020
Accepted on: Dec 29, 2020
Published on: Jan 26, 2021
Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
analgaesia,
dogs,
ovariohysterectomy,
PTA index
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology,
Microbiology and virology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2021 Ismael Hernández-Avalos, Alex Valverde, José Antonio Ibancovichi-Camarillo, Pedro Sánchez-Aparicio, Sergio Recillas-Morales, Desiderio Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Osorio-Avalos, Luis Armando Magdaleno-Torres, Julio Chavez-Monteagudo, Carlos Manuel Acevedo-Arcique, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
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