Pain in Horses: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Implications, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine

William W. Muir (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

211 Seiten

2010
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4377-2502-5 (ISBN)

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A review of pain management and anesthesia for the equine practitioner. It includes articles on: opioids as pain therapy, alpha-2 agonists as pain therapy, anti-inflammatories as pain therapy, local anesthetics, epidural and regional drugs, NMDA inhibitors and behavior modifiers, and treatment of visceral pain and colic.

A comprehensive review of pain management and anesthesia for the equine practitioner. Articles include opioids as pain therapy, alpha-2 agonists as pain therapy, anti-inflammatories as pain therapy, local anesthetics, epidural and regional drugs, NMDA inhibitors and behavior modifiers, treatment of visceral pain and colic, treatment of osteoarthritic and chronic pain syndromes, and much more!

William W. Muir, III, DVM, MSc, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, is Chief Medical Officer at The Animal Medical Center in New York and a recently retired professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Muir is board certified in both anesthesiology and emergency and critical care. He was a distinguished professor at Ohio State for over 20 years and trained many anesthesiologists in the US and abroad. He also has written hundreds of journal articles, is the recipient of many professional awards, and is the co-author of Elsevier's Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management (with Gaynor) and Equine Anesthesia: Monitoring and Emergency Therapy (with Hubbell).

Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Veterinary Medicine
Zusatzinfo	Figures; Tables, black and white; Line drawings, black and white; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Veterinärmedizin ► Pferd
ISBN-10	1-4377-2502-3 / 1437725023
ISBN-13	978-1-4377-2502-5 / 9781437725025
Zustand	Neuware