Anesthesiology & Pain Management

While sweeping generalizations may be a bad idea in other situations, feline expert Dr. Kelly St. Denis says its best to assume that all senior cats in your practice are suffering from the pain of DJD.

When your veterinary patient requires crate rest to heal from surgery or injury, make sure to educate owners about the challengesand be ready with strategies to make the process manageable for both pet and people.

Activities at the WSAVA Conference in Toronto focused on the role of nerve growth factor in pain pathway for dogs and cats.

In veterinary medicine, there exists a culture of shame surrounding surgical error. Here, one DVM shares her experience with mental and emotional trauma during surgery and offers 7 steps to help veterinarians rewire their brains after a traumatic event in practice.

Using computer modeling software, veterinary researchers compared the relative effectiveness of various trap-neuter-return and permanent removal strategies over a simulated 10-year period. Heres what they found.

You dont need us to tell you about the importance of communication with veterinary clients. But a recent survey proves a gap in pet owners understanding of animal pain and surgery.

For some veterinary patients, the anti-anxiety effects of a single medication might not be enough. When monotherapy is insufficient, consider adding this drug to your treatment plan.

With opioids in short supply for use in the veterinary industry, consider some alternative analgesics to treat pain in your veterinary patients.

You have an open wound come into your practice. Your first temptation is to close it right up. But you might want to wait a few days first, suggests Dr. Bronwyn Fullagar.

This veterinary pain and bioethics expert has an issue with conventional terminology surrounding feline declaws.

A veterinary oncologist outlines what every veterinarian should know when counseling owners on complementary and alternative medicine treatments for their cancer patients.

Pain management in feline patients is especially challenging due to difficulty in diagnosing their pain and the limited number of pain control medications available for cats. But newer hands-free tools can expand your veterinary toolbox for feline pain control.

According to internal medicine specialist Dr. Daniel Langlois, long-term maintenance of hypoadrenocorticism can be a controversial topic.

Addressing critical issues first, such as hemorrhage, shock and electrolyte abnormalities, can greatly improve the likelihood of survival after transfer to emergency care.

In a session promising feline cancer CliffsNotes, Fetch dvm360 conference speaker and veterinary oncologist Sue Ettinger shared her take on diagnosing and treating this cancerous condition.