Table 3 Number of rescue doses administered over time following ovariohysterectomy in cats treated with local infiltration with physiological saline (0.4 mL/kg; group S, n = 15), ropivacaine (1 mg/kg; group R, n = 15) and ropivacaine/meloxicam (0.2 mg/kg; group RM, n = 15). The total number of cats that received postoperative analgesia is also reported
Group | Postoperative period (hours) | Total number of rescue doses | Total number of rescued cats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
S | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4/15 |
R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/15 |
RM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/15 |