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Renal effects of dopamine infusion in conscious horses
Author(s) -
TRIM CYNTHIA M.,
MOORE J. N.,
CLARK E. SUSAN
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
equine veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 2042-3306
pISSN - 0425-1644
DOI - 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1989.tb05671.x
Subject(s) - dopamine , heart rate , renal blood flow , anesthesia , horse , blood pressure , medicine , saline , renal artery , blood flow , kidney , biology , paleontology
Summary An ultrasonic flow probe was implanted around a branch of the left renal artery in five horses. The effects of dopamine were studied in the unsedated horses 10 days after surgery. Three experiments, separated by at least two days, were performed in random order on each horse. In two experiments, dopamine was infused intravenously for 60 mins at either 2.5 and 5.0 μg/kg bodyweight (bwt)/min. Saline was infused for 60 mins before and after each infusion, and for 180 mins in the third experiment as a control. Renal blood flow increased during administration of dopamine at both dose rates (P=0.0001). Urine volume increased (P=0.055), and osmolality decreased (P<0.05), with infusion of dopamine at 5.0 μg/kg bwt/min. Arterial blood pressure and heart rate were not significantly affected. Fractional excretions of sodium and potassium were not significantly changed with dopamine infusion. The higher dopamine dose rate was accompanied by dysrhythmias in some horses.