Handbook of veterinary pain management. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] James S. Gaynor, William W. Muir III.
• Editors: Gaynor, James S; III, Muir, William W, 1946-
• Contents: Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management; Copyright ; Contributors ; Dedication ; Preface ; Veterinarian's Oath ; Contents ; Part One: Basic Concepts ; Chapter 1: Pain Management and the Human-Animal Bond; Suggested Reading; Chapter 2: Nociception and Pain Mechanisms; The Pain Phenotype; Acute Nociception; Primary Afferents and Dorsal Root Ganglia; Primary Afferents and Dorsal Root Ganglia Properties; Terminal Transduction and Action Potential Generation; Transmission at the First-Order Synapse; Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn; Marginal Layer (Lamina I) Substantia Gelatinosa (Lamina II)Nucleus Proprius (Laminae III Through VI); Lamina X; Projection Fibers to the Brain; Primary Afferent Projections; Ascending Spinal Tracts; Supraspinal Systems; Central Pain Processing Centers; Perception; Memory; Tissue Injury and Inflammatory Pain States; Peripheral Origins of Tissue Injury Leading to Enhanced Pain States; Factors Leading to Altered Peripheral Afferent Response Properties; Silent Nociceptors; Spinal Origins of the Tissue Injury Enhanced Pain States; Central Facilitation; Wind-up; Changes in Receptive Field Size That Occur With Tissue Injury. Dorsal Horn CircuitryAcute-Onset Postsynaptic Events; Delayed-Onset, Intermediate-Duration Postsynaptic Events; Slow-Onset, Long-Duration Postsynaptic Events; Pharmacology of Central Facilitation-Non-Neuronal Cells; Local Regulatory Interneurons; Pharmacology of Central Facilitation-Spinobulbospinal Pathways; Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells; Summary; Nerve Injury; Effects of Nerve Injury on Neuronal and Dorsal Root Ganglion Morphology; Spontaneous Pain State; Mechanisms of Ectopic Afferent Activity; Evoked Hyperpathia; Dorsal Root Ganglion Cell Crosstalk; Dorsal Horn Reorganization; Summary. Clinical PainSuggested Reading; Chapter 3: Pain and Stress; Sickness Syndrome; Defining Terms; Pain; Homeostasis; Allostasis; Stress; Stressor; Defense Response; Distress; Suffering; Sickness Response or Syndrome; Biologic Components of the Stress Response; Behavioral Indicators of Stress and Pain; Central Noradrenergic Effects; Neuroendocrine Axis; Release of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Brain; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Cortisol; Catecholamines; Glucagon and Insulin; Other Hormones; Growth Hormone; Thyroid Hormones; Vasopressin; Metabolism; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Fat Metabolism. Protein MetabolismImmune System; Cytokines; Peptides; Acute-Phase Response; Endogenous Opioids; Endocannabinoids; Hematology; Morphologic Changes; Stress-Induced Hypoalgesia and Hyperalgesia; Stress-Induced Analgesia; Stress-Induced Hyperalgesia; Suggested Reading; Chapter 4: Definitions of Terms Describing Pain; Definitions; Reference; Chapter 5: Assessing Pain; Spontaneous Pain Behaviors; Attitude; Altered Facial Expressions and Appearance; Body Posture; Activity Level; Reluctance to Move; Reluctance to Lie Down; Changing Positions; Locomotor Activity; Focused Attention to Painful Area.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Mosby
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 620 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 636.089; Pain in animals -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Analgesia -- Veterinary -- Handbooks; Pain -- Veterinary -- Handbooks; Pain in animals -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Pain Management -- Veterinary -- Handbooks; Veterinary drugs -- Therapeutic use -- Handbooks; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry; Pain in animals -- Treatment; Pain -- veterinary -- Handbooks; Pain Management -- veterinary -- Handbooks; Analgesia -- veterinary -- Handbooks; Veterinary Drugs -- therapeutic use -- Handbooks; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323222143; 0323222145
• Related ISBNs: 9780323089357; 0323089356
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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