Analgesia for cats after ovariohysterectomy with either buprenorphine or carprofen alone or in combination Export

@article{citeulike:5709163, abstract = {Eighty-four female cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy in a blinded, randomised, prospective clinical study were assigned to one of three groups of 28 to receive either 0{middle dot}01 mg/kg buprenorphine (group B), 4 mg/kg carprofen (group C), or the same doses of both drugs (group BC). A dynamic and interactive visual analogue scale (DIVAS) from 0 to 100 mm, and a simple descriptive scale (SDS) from 0 to 4 were used to evaluate the cats' degree of analgesia and sedation for 24 hours postoperatively. There was no significant difference in the cats' sedation scores by SDS or DIVAS, and no difference in their pain scores by DIVAS. By SDS, the cats in group BC had significantly lower pain scores than the cats in group C (P<0{middle dot}001) and group B (P<0{middle dot}05). Nine of the cats in group B, nine in group C and five in group BC required rescue analgesia, and the cats in group C required rescue earlier than those in group B (P<0{middle dot}05).}, author = {Steagall, P. V. M. and Taylor, P. M. and Rodrigues, L. C. C. and Ferreira, T. H. and Minto, B. W. and Aguiar, A. J. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {5709163}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/164/12/359}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19305006}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19305006}, day = {21}, journal = {Vet Rec.}, keywords = {analgesia, feline, icu}, month = {March}, number = {12}, pages = {359--363}, posted-at = {2009-09-02 18:06:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Analgesia for cats after ovariohysterectomy with either buprenorphine or carprofen alone or in combination}, url = {http://veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/164/12/359}, volume = {164}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5709163 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5709163 N2 - Eighty-four female cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy in a blinded, randomised, prospective clinical study were assigned to one of three groups of 28 to receive either 0{middle dot}01 mg/kg buprenorphine (group B), 4 mg/kg carprofen (group C), or the same doses of both drugs (group BC). A dynamic and interactive visual analogue scale (DIVAS) from 0 to 100 mm, and a simple descriptive scale (SDS) from 0 to 4 were used to evaluate the cats' degree of analgesia and sedation for 24 hours postoperatively. There was no significant difference in the cats' sedation scores by SDS or DIVAS, and no difference in their pain scores by DIVAS. By SDS, the cats in group BC had significantly lower pain scores than the cats in group C (P<0{middle dot}001) and group B (P<0{middle dot}05). Nine of the cats in group B, nine in group C and five in group BC required rescue analgesia, and the cats in group C required rescue earlier than those in group B (P<0{middle dot}05). IS - 12 JF - Vet Rec. EP - 363 TI - Analgesia for cats after ovariohysterectomy with either buprenorphine or carprofen alone or in combination VL - 164 SP - 359 KW - analgesia KW - feline KW - icu AU - Steagall, PVM AU - Taylor, PM AU - Rodrigues, LCC AU - Ferreira, TH AU - Minto, BW AU - Aguiar, AJA PY - 2009/03/21/ UR - http://veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/164/12/359 ER -