Management of pain
By: Karol A. Mathews, guest editor.
Contributors: Mathews, Karol A., 1946-
Series: The veterinary clinics of North America -- v. 30, no. 4.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 970
Subjects: Dogs -- Diseases -- Treatment.; Cats -- Diseases -- Treatment.; Pain in animals -- Treatment.
Notes: "July 2000."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Physiology of pain / Leigh A. Lamont & et al.; value: Pain assessment and general approach to management / Karol A. Mathews; value: Opioid analgesics / Peter J. Pascoe; value: Mechanism of action of nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drugs / Alexander Livingston; value: Nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory analgesics: indications and contraindications for pain management in dogs and cats / Karol A. Mathews; value: Adjunctive analgesic therapy / Leigh A. Lamont & et al.; value: Pharmacologic considerations for opiate analgesic and nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory durgs / Mark G. Papich; value: Local and regional anesthesia / Kip A. Lemke & Susan D. Dawson.; value: Epidural analgesia and anesthesia / Kristine E. Torske & Doris H. Dyson; value: Acupuncture for management of pain / James S. Gaynor; value: Chemical restraint and analgesia for diagnostic and emergency procedures / Doris H. Dyson; value: Acute pain management / Bernie Hansen; value: Perioperative pain management / Peter J. Pascoe; value: Management of chronic osteoarthritic pain / Ron McLaughlin; value: Management of cancer pain / Patrick Lester & James S. Gaynor.