Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Here's our weekly rundown of new and notable veterinary products.

Overheard at CVC: Dr. Paul Bloom, DACVD, DABVP (canine and feline), highlights the steps for a complete ear disease exam, including the vital role veterinary technicians play. (Hint: It's about finding the what and the why.)

Amanda Landis-Hanna, DVM, veterinary industry liaison, speaker, and consultant, discusses pain management drug Onsior, which provides safe, effective soft tissue surgery postoperative pain relief for cats and, just recently, dogs.

This milk protein concentrate from the milk of hyperimmunized cows, should be your next big moo-ve toward managing pain in feline patients

Amanda Landis-Hanna, DVM, veterinary industry liaison, speaker, and consultant, talks about Galliprant, a molecule developed by Aratana that helps control pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis in dogs.

The hardest question you have to face as a pet owner. Dr. Mary Gardner wants to help your veterinary patients have a perfect ending to their perfect life.

Monitoring temperature in anesthetized patients on top of everything else you have to do might send your stress through the roof. But with these helpful tips, you wont have to sweat it.

Three takes from three veterinary rehabilitation experts on why you should take this therapeutic modality seriously.

We'll give you a hint: saying, "we've always done it this way" isn't how you should go about pain management.

Kristen Cooley, BA, CVT, VTS (Anes/Analgesia), instructional specialist at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses what you need to do when designing a pain management program in your veterinary hospital or practice.

Expert Ralph Harvey, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVA, shares his awesome advice for handling a case of a cat with acetaminophen toxicosis.

At a recent CVC session, pain expert Tasha McNerney explains the different roles team members play in recognizing and managing pain and why each role is important.

Emily McCobb, DVM, MS, DACVAA, director of shelter medicine in the clinical sciences department at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, describes the different types of pain shelter animals may experience and what veterinarians usually have to treat.

Emily McCobb, DVM, MS, DACVAA, director of shelter medicine in the clinical sciences department at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, explains that pain management doesn’t differ between shelter animals and owned animals in terms of what is required in the standard of analgesia.

Whether zombies are hot on your trail or youre just trying to make it through another busy day at your veterinary practice, heres a quick look at the monitoring equipment weve got on the brain.

These case studies show how monitoring a veterinary patients vital signs with a Fitbit-style smart device can guide decisions about pain management.

A veterinarian's second opinion saves a cherished pet.

This toolkit delivers articles, tips, handouts, videos and tools all designed to make it as easy as possible to discuss pain prevention in pets with your team and clients. (With an educational grant provided by Zoetis)

Help kitties in your clinic todayand minimize your risk for errorwith these tips from Dr. Robin Downing.

Mary Ellen Goldberg, BS, LVT, CVT, SRA, CCRA, certified veterinary pain practitioner with VetMedTeam, LLC., explains how physical rehabilitation can improve the lives of animals with chronic pain and neurological disorders.

A new targeted drug is now available for control of pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis in dogs.

Mary Ellen Goldberg, BS, LVT, CVT, SRA, CCRA, certified veterinary pain practitioner with VetMedTeam, LLC., explains the very large role of veterinary technicians in assessing pain.

Veterinary anesthesia and analgesia expert Tasha McNerney makes a case for kitty magic and describes how to deliver it to particularly peevish cats.

Find out why the block is anesthesia and analgesia expert Tasha McNerneys go-to trick for urethral obstruction cats, plus a how-to video.

At the 2016 American Veterinary Medical Association conference in San Antonio, August 5-9, 2016, American Veterinarian sat down with Tasha McNerney, CVT, CVPP, anesthesia technician at the Center for Animal Referral and Emergency Services and self-proclaimed "Original Anesthesia Nerd," to discuss anesthesia and pain management resources for veterinary technicians.

Veterinarians don't have "the magic bullet" yet to arrest or reverse degenerative joint disease in pets, so pain practitioner Robin Downing, DVM, MS, DAAPM, DACVSMR, CVPP, CCRP, says patients need, not just initial visits, but regular reassessment at their neighborhood veterinary hospital.

Some of us want attention when we're hurting. Clients should know their pets tend to bury the fact.

NSAID for postoperative pain and inflammation is available in tablet and injection form.

Luckily, Dr. Ralph Harvey says you'll soon have more analgesic options than ever.

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