You can trust this user-friendly guide to help you meet the increasing need for effective pain management in the animals you treat. It provides instant access to clinically relevant information on pain assessment, pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment options, guidelines for managing acute and chronic pain, and unique aspects of pain management in dogs, cats, horses, cattle, birds, reptiles, ferrets, and rabbits. INDICE: 1. The Human-Animal Bond and Pain 2. Nociception and Pain Mechanisms 3. Pain: Physiologic Consequences and Stress 4. Pain Nomenclature 5. Pain Behaviors and Pain Assessment Scales6. Quality of Life Assessment7. Drug Classes and Drugs Used for Pain Therapy: An Overview 8. NSAIDs 9. Opioids10. Alpha-2s 11. Local Anesthetics 12. Local and Regional Anesthetic Techniques 13. Corticosteroids14. Other Drugs? and Injectable Modalities 15. Drug Delivery Methods16. Preventative? and Multimodal? Analgesia; Masking? and Pitfalls: Theory and Consequences 17. Energy Modalities: Therapeutic Laser and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy18. Acupuncture 19. Physical Rehabilitation and Exercise 20. Physical Examination with Emphasis on Isolating and Detecting Pain21. Therapeutic Goals 22. Acute Pain Cases23. Chronic Pain Cases 24. Cat Specific Considerations 25. Rabbit and Small Mammal Specific Considerations 26. Bird Specific Considerations27. Reptile Specific Considerations28. Regulations in Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals
- ISBN: 978-0-323-08935-7
- Editorial: Mosby
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 672
- Fecha Publicación: 13/10/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés