Acute analgesia balancing acts in veterinary medicine

Authors: Mich PM
Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conferences, Volume 2014 AVA Annual Conference, Perth, Issue Integrative, May 2014
Publisher: Australian Veterinary Association

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Abstract: Multimodal analgesia, so called “balanced” analgesia, was introduced by Dahl et al in 1990 in order to minimize the adverse effects of opioids. These include respiratory depression, sedation, dysphoria, nausea/vomiting, bradycardia, ileus, constipation, pruritus, urine retention, and opioid induced tolerance or hyperalgesia. While all occur in veterinary patients, not all of these are equally relevant...

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