THE NEW AAHA/AAFP PAIN MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES

摘要

Pain management is essential to patient welfare, successful case outcomes, and client satisfaction. Successful pain management involves all team members and the client. The 2015 American Animal Hospital Association/American Association of Feline Practitioners Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats provide an up-to-date review of pain conditions and their treatments, including non-pharmaceutical modalities. Gentle handling techniques and hospice care are also discussed. The guidelines are basedon a review of the latest information and wherever possible are evidence based but where this was lacking, a consensus of expert opinion was sought. Veterinary pain management is rapidly and continuously evolving and it is our professional obligation tokeep abreast of new information so we can provide the best possible care to our patients. The development of the 2015 guidelines was prompted by the vast amount of new information available since the 2007 guidelines were published.