Pain Management in Animals

Description

An ever-increasing number of drugs are available to veterinarians for use in the control of pain. This new, concise guide gives vets with all the information they need to choose the most appropriate pain medication for any clinical situation. Introductory chapters explain the physiology of pain and pharmacology of analgesics, and are followed by detailed chapters on management of acute and post-operative pain and chronic pain, the problems of pain management and pain assessment. Written by an international team of veterinary pain management experts, Pain Management in Animals provides vets with all the information they need to provide good pain control in all their patients.

Key Features

All species, large and small, covered in detail

Comprehensive tables on recommended doses of all analgesics in all species

Extensive chapters on chronic and acute pain

All the problems vets are likely to encounter in pain management discussed in full

Fully referenced throughout to key journal articles

Lots of practical advice on all aspects of pain management

Readership

All veterinarians and veterinary nurses. Research workers using animals, possibly also final year vet students

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Paul Flecknell, Comparative Biology Centre, The Medical School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK and Avril Waterman-Pearson, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS, DVA, DiplECVA, Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Head of Department, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol, UK