Pain management in small animals : by Deborah Grant. Debbie Grant.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.Description: 192 p. : illISBN:- 9780750688123 (pbk.) :
- 9780750688123
- 636.08960472 GRA
- SF910.P34
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A manual for veterinary nurses and technicians--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Concepts of Pain Management in Animals 2. Evidence that Animals Feel Pain, and its Consequences 3. Assessing Pain in Animals 4. Methods of Pain Scoring in Animals 5. The Physiology of Pain 6. The Opioid Analgesic Drugs 7. The Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Analgesic Drugs, NSAIDs 8. Other Analgesic Drugs 9. Management of Acute Pain 10. Adjunctive Methods of Pain Management 11. Chronic Pain Management and Quality of Life.
This work covers the nursing aspects of small animal pain management demonstrating how nursing procedures, techniques and care can be as beneficial to patients as the drugs administered.