- User-friendly format helps you quickly and easily find essential pain management information.
- Helpful boxes and tables provide at-a-glance access to pharmacologic protocols and clinical applications, including dosages, indications, contraindications, and side effects.
- Complementary and alternative treatment strategies are included throughout to assist you in using the latest non-pharmacological pain interventions.
- Case studies clearly illustrate the practical applications of key concepts in the clinical setting and help you sharpen your pain assessment and management skills.
Trust the Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management, 3rd Edition to help you meet the increasing need for effective pain management in the animals you treat. This user-friendly guide contains the most up-to-date and clinically relevant information on analgesic drugs and managing pain in dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, ferrets, and rabbits. It specifically covers the areas of pain assessment, pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment options, guidelines for managing acute and chronic pain, and unique aspects of pain management. This edition also incorporates expanded information on cats, exotics, the latest drugs, and more to keep you on top of today's best practices in veterinary pain management.
Key Features
- The latest information on complementary and alternative strategies for pain management offers the guidance to help you incorporate non-pharmacologic treatments into their pain management programs.
- Numerous boxes and tables summarize pharmacologic protocols and clinical applications, with dosages, indications, contraindications, and side effects to provide you with the comprehensive drug information needed to find the most effective and appropriate treatment.
- User-friendly format helps you quickly and easily find essential information.
- Case studies illustrating realistic clinical scenarios help you learn how to assess and manage pain in the clinical setting.
| ISBN | 9780323089357 |
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| Author Information | By James S. Gaynor, DVM, MS, DACVA, DAAPM, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist, International Veterinary Acupuncture Society; Director, Animal Anesthesia and Pain Management Center, Colorado Springs, CO and William W. Muir, III, DVM, PhD , Regional Director, American Academy of Pain Management, Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology Consulting Services, Columbus, OH |
| Published Reviews | There is a considerable amount of information in this small and relatively reasonably priced book, its compact dimensions belying the page numbers held within. The style is concise with a good use of bullet points. There are few books available with such a comprehensive coverage of material related to analgesia. VR Record, 2009 |
| Table of Content | 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 Scales 6. Quality of Life Assessment 7. Drug Classes and Drugs Used for Pain Therapy: An Overview 8. NSAIDs 9. Opioids 10. Alpha-2s 11. Local Anesthetics 12. Local and Regional Anesthetic Techniques 13. Corticosteroids 14. Other "Drugs and Injectable Modalities 15. Drug Delivery Methods 16. Preventative and "Multimodal Analgesia; "Masking and Pitfalls: Theory and Consequences 17. Energy Modalities: Therapeutic Laser and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy 18. Acupuncture 19. Physical Rehabilitation and Exercise 20. Physical Examination with Emphasis on Isolating and Detecting Pain 21. Therapeutic Goals 22. Acute Pain Cases 23. Chronic Pain Cases 24. Cat Specific Considerations 25. Rabbit and Small Mammal Specific Considerations 26. Bird Specific Considerations 27. Reptile Specific Considerations 28. Regulations in Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals |
| Publication Date | 28-08-2014 |
| Pages | 624 |
| Trim | 5 x 8.25 |
| Stock Status | In Stock |
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