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Edition 6 - chronic pain in cats
Chronic pain in cats. Recent advances in clinical assessment. The aim of the research roundup is to provide vet professionals with an...
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Does mixing local anaesthetics confer an advantage?
Abstract Objective: To audit factors which influence nociception in dogs and cats undergoing dental extractions. To assess...
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Methadone – the most versatile opioid
In our view, methadone is a really versatile opioid. That’s the reason we wrote a webinar on the topic entitled ‘Methadone, the most...
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Edition 5 - the link between obesity & arthritis
The aim of this research roundup is to provide vet professionals with an easy-to-read digest on three items of research in pain...
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Pain Trials as a Tool
Pain trials are a valuable tool to use in managing your chronic pain cases. In this Pain Update we review how we use pain trials, what we...
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Nerve blocks or opioids for rhinoscopy in dogs?
Our latest Pain Update reviews the literature around controlling the response to rhinoscopy in dogs. The main paper we review (Kim et al...
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Edition 4 - peripheral nerve injury
The aim of the research roundup is to provide vet professionals with an easy-to-read digest on three items of research in pain management...
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Blocks for BOAS surgery
For a number of years now we have been performing a bilateral maxillary nerve block for our BOAS cases at Anderson Moores Vet...
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Edition 3 - enhanced recovery after surgery
The aim of this research roundup is to provide vet professionals with an easy-to-read digest on three items of research in pain...
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Pain scoring systems - new resource
Over the 20 years that I have been a vet, we have seen remarkable steps taken towards our understanding of pain assessment in animals....
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Our Big Pain Survey is live!
September is Animal Pain Awareness Month, and we are launching our first ever Big Pain Survey! It's your chance to share your thoughts...
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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
The need for a procedure-specific approach Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been on the agenda of our medical colleagues since...
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Let’s talk about feline osteoarthritis
How many cats suffer with osteoarthritis (OA)? At what age do cats begin to show signs of OA? How many cats with OA do you see each week?...
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Edition 2 - pelvic limb blocks for stifle surgery
In our latest research roundup we provide an easy-to-read digest on three items of research - with this edition focusing on nerve blocks...
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Epidural buprenorphine
Is it an alternative to morphine? From time to time the availability of preservative-free morphine for epidural use becomes challenging....
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Edition 1 - OA detection in dogs
The aim of Zero Pain Reflect is to provide vet professionals with an easy-to-read digest on three items of research in pain management...
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Questions around the infraorbital nerve block
Although this seems a popular block, there have always been doubts over the efficacy due to the anatomy of the nerves that are required...
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Pain transition from acute to chronic – inflammation matters
For our latest pain update, Matt reviews this paper entitled; ‘Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the...
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Intraperitoneal & incisional analgesia
In this WSAVA Global Pain Council capsule review, these simple and cost-effective techniques are covered. Read the capsule review here ....
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Gabapentin doses for cats
Gabapentin has a variety of indications in cats, and the key recognition here is that dose differs with indication. We've taken a look at...
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