ANDRADE, T. A. A.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2119453571181110; ANDRADE, Thiago Antunes Adriano de.
Resumo:
Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA) is a anesthetic modality that is based on the use of
drugs only intravenously. This technique is increasingly used in veterinary medicine
due to the creation of new drugs with pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties
that allow its use in more lengthy anesthetic procedures, providing greater security by
causes less depression of the cardiorespiratory system of the patient compared to
inhalation anesthesia. Furthermore, TIVA is a low cost procedure because it no requires
for its administration, expensive equipment such as anesthesia machines. The goal of
TIVA is to offer the animal a state of hypnosis, muscle relaxation and analgesia during
the anesthetic procedure,and the administration may be done in intermittent bolus, in
continuous intravenous infusion, in bolus associated to continuous infusion at a constant
rate and in target-controlled infusion. This study was conducted for the purpose of
theorical study on the various TIVA protocols in large animals, demonstrating their
techniques and anesthetic drugs used and their effect on the animal organism. Literature
reviews were conducted on the topic proposed in books, scientific articles, monographs,
dissertations, thesis, conference proceedings, and journals. These analyzes subsidized
understanding of the TIVA as a very safe and practical anesthetic modality, applicable
to any surgical procedure proposed to the patient, with few deleterious effects on the
body.