Management of pain /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Philadelphia, PA :
Saunders,
[2000]
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| Series: | Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice ;
v. 30, no. 4. |
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Table of Contents:
- Physiology of pain
- Pain assessment and general approach to management
- Opioid analgesics
- Mechanism of action of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics: indications and contraindications for pain management in dogs and cats
- Adjunctive analgesic therapy
- Pharmacologic considerations for opiate analgesic and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Local and regional anesthesia
- Epidural analgesia and anesthesia
- Acupuncture for management of pain
- Chemical restraint and analgesia for diagnostic and emergency procedures
- Acute pain management
- Perioperative pain management
- Management of chronic osteoarthritic pain
- Management of cancer pain