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Generalidades sobre manejo del dolor en caninos sometidos a esterilización

Resumen

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience influenced by biological, psychological and social factors that have adverse effects on the function and the social and psychological well-being of the individual. The surgeries to sterilize male and female canines generate pain, therefore stress and suffering to the patient. Currently, different methods have been developed to evaluate pain such as the Glasgow Composite Pain Scale (CMPS), used in dogs when they suffer acute pain, as is the case with ovariohysterectomy and castration surgeries, when it is not used if it is not used correctly suitable anesthetic and analgesic drugs, in this case surgery in the female is the one that generates the greatest pain, even though it is more invasive, both lateral and ventral ovariohysterectomy. In recent years, different pharmaceutical companies have increased the number of analgesics available for veterinary practice, which is why it has been possible to develop multimodal or balanced analgesia with benefits such as the use of smaller doses of drug, having additive or synergistic effects between the different drugs and reduce the undesirable side effects of these. This article focuses on reviewing some basic aspects of analgesia in surgery using opioids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and alpha 2 adrenergic agonists.