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Handbook of veterinary pain management / [edited by] James S. Gaynor, William W. Muir III.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pain in animals--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Pain in animals.
- Pain--veterinary.
- Pain in animals--Treatment.
- Pain Management--veterinary.
- Analgesia--veterinary.
- Veterinary Drugs--therapeutic use.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pain--veterinary.
- Pain Management--veterinary.
- Analgesia--veterinary.
- Veterinary Drugs--therapeutic use.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 620 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Mosby, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Basic concepts
- Pain management and the human-animal bond
- Nociception and pain mechanisms
- Pain and stress: stress-induced hyperalgesia and hypoalgesia
- Definitions of terms describing pain
- Assessing pain: pain behaviors
- Health-related quality of life measurement
- Pain therapy
- Overview of drugs administered to treat pain
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Opioids
- Α2-agonists
- Local anesthetics
- Local and regional anesthetic techniques
- Glucocorticoids
- Alternative drugs and novel therapies used to treat pain
- Factors influencing analgesic drug selection, dose, and routes of drug administration
- Drug interactions, analgesic protocols and their consequences, and analgesic drug antagonism
- Energy modalities: therapeutic laser and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy
- Application of concepts and therapy
- Acupuncture
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation in dogs
- Physical examination with emphasis on isolating and detecting pain
- Therapeutic goals
- Acute pain management: a case-based approach
- Chronic pain cases
- Cat-specific considerations
- Rabbit- and ferret-specific considerations
- Bird-specific considerations: recognizing pain behavior in pet birds
- Reptile-specific considerations
- Regulations regarding pain and distress in laboratory animals
- Drugs used to treat pain, pain-related anxiety, and anesthesia-related side effects as described in this handbook.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ScienceDirect, viewed on October 23, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Handbook of veterinary pain management.
- OCLC:
- 891554781
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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