Pain Management in Veterinary Practice.

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Egger, Christine M.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Θέματα: Pain in animals > Treatment.; Electronic books.

Pain Management in Veterinary Practice provides veterinary practitioners with the information needed to recognize and manage pain in a wide range of large, small, and exotic animal species. Encompassing acute, adaptive, and chronic, maladaptive pain, the book provides an up-to-date review of the phy...

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• Pain Management in Veterinary Practice; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Section 1 Introduction and Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Pain; 1 Introduction: Pain: An Issue of Animal Welfare; RECOGNITION AND ASSESSMENT OF PAIN IN ANIMALS; Pain Recognition Tools; PAIN AND CONSCIOUSNESS; ATTITUDES TOWARD ANIMAL PAIN; PAINFUL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES IN FARM ANIMALS; Roadblocks to Treating Pain in Farm Animals; THE WAY FORWARD; REFERENCES; 2 Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Pain; NOCICEPTORS; Transient Receptor Potential Ion Channel; Sensory Neuronal Sodium Channel.
• Acid-sensing Ion ChannelNOCICEPTIVE AFFERENTS; SPINAL CORD; White Matter; The Gray Matter; Modulation of Nociception; SUPRASPINAL CENTERS; Perception; Descending Modulatory Pathways; VISCERAL PAIN; Visceral Nociception; Visceral Sensitization and Hyperalgesia; Central Processing of Visceral Pain; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; Phantom Pain; AUTONOMIC SYSTEM AND PAIN; IMMUNE SYSTEM AND PAIN; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 3 Mechanisms of Cancer Pain; PREVALENCE OF CANCER PAIN; CAUSES OF CANCER PAIN; MECHANISMS OF CANCER PAIN; MECHANISMS OF CANCER-RELATED PAIN; Peripheral Mechanisms of Cancer Pain.
• Central Mechanisms of Cancer PainBone Metastasis; Pain due to Cancer Invasion of Neural Tissues; Chemotherapy- and Radiotherapy-Related Peripheral Neuropathy; POTENTIAL FUTURE TREATMENTS; ALLEVIATION OF CANCER PAIN; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Section 2 Pharmacology of Analgesic Drugs; 4 Opioids; TERMINOLOGY; STRUCTURE OF OPIOIDS; OPIOID RECEPTORS; PERIPHERAL OPIOID EFFECTS; BASIC OPIOID PHARMACOKINETICS; SIDE EFFECTS OF OPIOIDS; Respiratory System; Cardiovascular System; Gastrointestinal System and Emesis; Thermoregulatory Center; Shivering; Antitussive Actions.
• FentanylBuprenorphine; NEURAXIAL OPIOIDS; Adverse Effects of Neuraxial Opioids; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 5 Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Corticosteroids; HISTORY; MECHANISMS OF ACTION; Other Mechanisms of Action; CLASSIFICATION OF NSAIDs; ADVERSE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS; Effects on the Gastrointestinal Tract; Effects on the Renal System; Effects on the Hepatic System; Effects on Platelet Function; Effects on Bone Healing; CLINICAL USE OF NSAIDs; SELECTED NSAIDs; Acetaminophen (Paracetamol); Aspirin; Carprofen; Deracoxib; Diclofenac; Dipyrone; Etodolac; Firocoxib.