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ClinQuiz: Implementing the American Animal Hospital Association's Anesthesia Guidelines (Sponsored by Abbott Animal Health) Answer 3C

ClinQuiz: Implementing the American Animal Hospital Association's Anesthesia Guidelines (Sponsored by Abbott Animal Health) Answer 3C

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While high-dose opioids would provide improved pain management, support cardiac function, have a large therapeutic index (margin of safety), minimize the potential for renal toxicity, and be compatible with the overall anesthetic plan, this pain management strategy fails to best address the important advantages of multimodal or balanced analgesia.

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