Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Convulsions during anesthesia in a Bernese mountain dog
By Lervik, Andreas et al.·Published in Acta veterinaria Scandinavica·2010·Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Abnormal motor activity during anaesthesia in a dog: a case report.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old male Bernese mountain dog experienced seizures while under anesthesia for a procedure. The seizures occurred after the dog was given a combination of sedatives and anesthetics, including isoflurane, acepromazine, methadone, propofol, and ketamine. This was the first time the dog had seizures, and it was challenging for the veterinarians to pinpoint which drug might have caused the convulsions. The case highlights the need for careful monitoring during anesthesia, especially when multiple medications are used.
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Abstract
Seizures or convulsions that occur during anaesthesia in veterinary patients are infrequently reported in the literature. Consequently, the incidence of such events is unknown. Several drugs commonly used in clinical veterinary anaesthesia have been shown to induce epileptiform activity in both human clinical patients and experimental candidates. The present case report describes convulsions in a four-year old male Bernese mountain dog during maintenance of anaesthesia with isoflurane after premedication with acepromazine and methadone followed by co-induction with propofol and ketamine. The dog had no history of previous convulsions. The use of several sedative and anaesthetic drugs makes it difficult to find one single causative pharmaceutical.
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