Managing pain in feline patients

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 129-146

  Robertson, Sheilah A ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; BUTORPHANOL; CLOMIPRAMINE; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEDETOMIDINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLAZINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL WELLBEING; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOG; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG USE; EXPERIENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 14244261434     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2004.08.001     Document Type: Review

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