title: Feline perioperative pain management.
abstract: Veterinary surgeons today are performing increasingly complex and invasive feline surgical procedures. In light of this, it is crucial that perioperative pain management in these patients be a top priority. This article outlines pain physiology and pathophysiology, pain recognition and management strategies, relevant pharmacology, and techniques for local and regional analgesia in cats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animals, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. llamont@upei.ca
authors.forename: Leigh A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lamont
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000662:veterinary; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002415:Cats / Q000601:surgery*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal