Pain Management for the Small Animal Practitioner

This 130 page hand book will contain a collection of strategies for the treatment of pain in companion animals. There will be step by step instructions detailing how to perform many procedures used for pain management, analgestic drug formulary condensed to the most commonly used therapies, pictures and illustrations of the anatomy and landmarks relevant to analgestic interventions. The accompanying CD will contain the complete content of the book plus color illustrations and video depicting the procedures for Regional Blocks and associated techniques.

Applying a widely used definition of pain to the dogs and cats treated by small animal practitioners, veterinarians affiliated with the U. of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital review the physiology of pain and the selection of pain management approaches. These strategies, rated by technical skill level required, include the gamut of drugs used in humans. For each medication/ analgesic technique, an example protocol is provided. The spiral-bound handbook lists recommended readings. A CD-ROM is available separately for this update of the 2000 edition. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Biography

Tranquilli, William J., DVM, MS; Grimm, Kurt Allen , DVM; Lamont, Leigh , DVM

Tranquilli, William J., DVM, MS; Grimm, Kurt Allen , DVM; Lamont, Leigh , DVM