Veterinary practitioners and their technical staff members will appreciate this study of the minimum infusion rate (MIR) of propofol and ketamine. The study results may be important to surgical suite protocols for anesthesia. This is also a good reference paper for representatives who supply ketamine and propofol.
Source: American Veterinary Journal of Research, December 2015. Page 1022.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the minimum infusion rate (MIR) of propofol required to prevent movement in response to a noxious stimulus in dogs anesthetized with propofol alone or propofol in combination with a constant rate infusion (CRI) of ketamine.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Ketamine, at the doses studied, significantly decreased the propofol MIR required to prevent movement in response to a noxious stimulus in dogs.