Studies were primarily related to the assessment of pain in relation to surgical procedures , and no clear distinction was made concerning the onset of acute and chronic pain .
The metrics used within the tools appeared to focus primarily on the sensory aspect of pain , with no study clearly discriminating between the sensory and affective components of pain .
Objectives The objectives were to review systematic ally the range of assessment tools used in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality ; and to examine behavioural metrics ( considering both the sensory and affective domains ) used to assess pain .
Comparison of the analgesic effects of robenacoxib, buprenorphine and their combination in cats after ovariohysterectomy.
The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative analgesic effects of robenacoxib and buprenorphine alone or in combination , in cats after ovariohysterectomy . Thirty healthy cats were r and omly assigned to receive buprenorphine ( 0.02 mg/kg , n=10 ; GB ) , robenacoxib ( 2mg/kg , n=10 ; GR ) or their combination at the same dosages ( n=10 ; GBR ) SC . After 30 min cats were se date d with an IM administration of medetomidine ( 0.02 mg/kg ) and ketamine ( 5mg/kg ) . General anaesthesia was induced with propofol and after intubation was maintained with isoflurane . Before premedication and at 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 and 24h after extubation , pain and sedation were assessed using a simple descriptive pain scale , ranging from 0 ( no pain/no sedation ) to 4 ( intense pain/ deep sedation ) . If the pain score was ≥ 3 , rescue analgesia was provided using buprenorphine ( 0.02 mg/kg ) administered IM . Pain score was higher in GB at 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 and 8h compared to baseline and compared to GBR at the same study times . Moreover , the pain score was also higher in GB compared to GR at 2 , 3 , 4 and 6h . Pain score was similar at all study times between GR and GBR . Sedation at 1 and 2h was higher than baseline values in all groups . Cats in GB received rescue analgesia more often than cats assigned to GR or GBR . Robenacoxib was an effective analgesic drug in cats up to 24h after ovariohysterectomy . The addition of buprenorphine did not provide any additional analgesic effects compared to robenacoxib alone
Studies were primarily related to the assessment of pain in relation to surgical procedures , and no clear distinction was made concerning the onset of acute and chronic pain .
The metrics used within the tools appeared to focus primarily on the sensory aspect of pain , with no study clearly discriminating between the sensory and affective components of pain .
Objectives The objectives were to review systematic ally the range of assessment tools used in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality ; and to examine behavioural metrics ( considering both the sensory and affective domains ) used to assess pain .