Veterinary Syringe Pump

To administer intravenous anaesthetics: After induction with a bolus of propofol, anaesthesia is easily continued with a continuous rate infusion of propofol, the rate of which can be guided by clinical signs and possibly the feedback of supplementary electronic monitoring.

To administer perioperative analgesics: Administration of fentanyl during surgery is a classical example. Continuous infusion is more practical then intermittent injection of boli. Other drugs are ketamine and lidocaine are more and more used in balanced anaesthesia protocols and most practically administered also as a continuous infusion.

To accurately dose inotropic support during anaesthesia: Administration of dopamine or dobutamine are sometimes necessary as a part of measures to support/improve cardiovascular performance in some anaesthetised patients.

To administer fluids /blood products to very small patients: With classical means the danger of overdosing fluids to very small patients is real. Syringe pumps are a reliable alternative.

All drug administration in the perioperative period: A classical example is the postoperative analgesic treatment in selected cases. Infusions of opiates, ketamine or lidocaine are in common use. Furthermore a lot of drugs used in the perioperative intensive care field are candidates to be accurately and reliably administered with syringe pumps; sometimes over a long time period.

Epidural drug administration: Epidural catheters are now used in veterinary medicine in selected cases to provide spinal analgesia (opiates, local anaesthetics). As an alternative to intermittent epidural injection and in order to obtain a more equal level of analgesia the drugs can be administered as cri using the epidural catheter via syringe pumps.