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From: Effects of isoflurane, remifentanil and dexmedetomidine on selected EEG parameters derived from a Narcotrend Monitor before and after nociceptive stimulation at different MAC multiples in cats

Fig. 2

Clinical Score correlation with MAC. Clinical score values of 7 cats (6 in group ID) determined with isoflurane alone (group I, triangles), isoflurane and a constant rate infusion of remifentanil (18 μg/kg/h IV; group IR, diamonds) and with isoflurane and a constant rate infusion of dexmedetomidine (3 μg/kg/h IV; group ID, circles) at different MAC levels (0.75, 1.0 and 1.5 MAC). Prestimulation values were used for correlation analysis. The correlation coefficients for the clinical score were − 0.89 (p = < 0.0001) in group I, − 0.73 in group IR (p = 0.0002) and − 0.59 in group ID (p = 0.01) with increasing MAC level. The slopes of the best-fit linear regression lines were − 2.94 (r2 = 0.76, p = < 0.0001) in group I, − 3.18 (r2 = 0.5658, p = < 0.0001) in group IR and − 1.14 (r2 = 0.38, p = 0.0064) in group ID

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