Avaliação e controle da dor em cães na rotina dos médicos veterinários

• Autor(a) principal: Andrade, Lisandra Renata Costa Ferreira de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Schweppe, Mayara Aline Svidzikievicz
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/3314
• topic: Nocicepção; Analgesia; Escalas de dor; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::MEDICINA VETERINARIA

Pain is classified as a negative, emotional or sensory, subjective and imprecise experience. Pain control can improve recovery and reduce the time of hospital stay of animals. Analgesia is promoted by several drugs, such as anti-inflammatories, opioids and alpha-2-agonists. This choice must be made based on pain scales (such as the Glasgow Composite Pain Scale and the University of Melbourne Pain Scale), behavioral and physiological parameters, or both. The final scores define the level of pain. However, previous studies show that the use of analgesics in veterinary medicine is below the ideal. This problem may be due to difficulty in recognize patient’s pain. Therefore, our study aim to analyze the pain control methods and diagnosis in the routine of veterinarians. For this, an 32 questions questionnaire was applied to professionals in the area, without distinction of training time, sex, age or specialities. The results demonstrated the use of subjective methods for pain assessment, due to lack of knowledge related to the scales and their efficiency, only 26.9% use pain scales, in addition, the use of opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs was evident . It is concluded that continuous training and the use of validated methods is necessary, which are easily accessible and understood, for adequate pain assessment and, consequently, an effective analgesia.