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 Carbon dioxide is more soluble in lung tissue and diffuses between the alveoli and pulmonary capillaries more easily than oxygen.

Which of the 4 classes of drugs would be most likely to cause the greatest decrease in peripheral tissue perfusion? 

Patients with significant liver disease are sometimes hypoglycemic.

While all the answers below will decrease central sensitization to some degree which would be most effective? 

You have a 25 kg dog that needs 0.5 mgs/kg of butorphanol which is 10 milligrams/milliliter. What volume of butorphanol should be administered? 

The initial recovery from anesthesia, extubation and raising their head, following propofol (and the thiobarbiturates in the past) is mainly due to which one of these mechanisms? 

Maintaining good maternal oxygenation and placental perfusion is important when anesthetizing a patient for a C-section but not when anesthetizing a pregnant patient for other procedures.

Which one of the following is the best definition of pain? 

Do NSAID’s such as carprofen decrease or increase renal blood flow?

You have a healthy canine patient under propofol anesthesia for a quick laceration cleaning and suturing. It is a hunting dog that cut itself on a fence while chasing a rabbit instead of looking for pheasants. The dog is breathing room air and has a respiratory rate of 8 breaths/minute. You notice the pulse oximetry value is decreasing to 85% (normal is 95-100%). What is the MOST LIKELY reason for the decrease in the pulse oximetry value?