A comparison of alfaxalone and propofol on intraocular pressure in healthy dogs
2014
Objective
To compare the effects of alfaxalone and propofol on intraocular (IOP) pressure in the canine eye.
Animals studied
Twenty-three healthy adult dogs.
Procedures
Dogs were randomized to receive intravenous propofol (n = 11) or alfaxalone (n = 12) until loss of jaw tone, 20 min after intravenous premedication (acepromazine 0.02–0.03 mg/kg and hydromorphone 0.05–0.1 mg/kg). IOP was measured at baseline (BL), 20 min postpremedication (postpremed), loss of jaw tone (postinduct), and immediately following orotracheal intubation (postintub). Between- and within-treatment effects were analyzed with two-way and one-way repeated measures ANOVA with Bonferroni's post hoc test, respectively. P < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results
No significant IOP differences were detected between alfaxalone or propofol groups at any time point (P > 0.05). Propofol: IOP did not change between BL (15.5 ± 2.7 mmHg) and postpremed (16.2 ± 3.6 mmHg, P > 0.05), or postinduct (19.1 ± 5.2 mmHg) and postintub (21.0 ± 4.6 mmHg, P > 0.05), but differed significantly between BL and postinduct (P 0.05), or postinduct (19.2 ± 4.9 mmHg) and postintub (20.5 ± 4.5 mmHg, P > 0.05), but differed significantly between BL and postinduct (P < 0.01), and postintub (P < 0.0001).
Conclusions
These data show a potentially clinically significant increase in IOP following induction with propofol or alfaxalone, but no difference between agents.
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