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copy focus 143.qxp_Layout 1 20/04/2018 12:56 Page 26 26 Pets Burnham & Dengie Focus FOCUS ON PET HEALTH CAN YOU RECOGNISE ACUTE PAIN IN CATS Recent advances in pain assessment in companion animals represent a tenacious, painstaking ad time consuming dedication to improving animal welfare. Recently gained knowledge about pain assessment in animals, particularly in cats, has increased the use of pain-relief in hospitalised patients. It is necessary, from an ethical and humane point-of-view, to prevent and relieve suffering and pain in all animals, but because this article is about cats, I will refer primarily to cats. The understanding of the pain mechanism has progressed at a far faster rate than the ability to assess pain in animals because of the lack of assessment markers. The term ‘pain’ is a combination of the actual physical (sensory) injury and the emotional or affective state, which makes pain very subjective. This means that if two cats are faced with the same surgery, for example, neutering, the physical ‘injury’ is the same and one would expect the same response (in terms of pain) in both cats, but because there is an emotional component to the experience of pain, cats do not react in the same way. This is the same for humans. how do we recognise and grade acute pain in cats? There are two validated composite scoring systems; composite scales aim to assess the affective component and pain intensity. The more time-consuming is the UNESP-Botucata Multidimensional Pain scale consists of 10 behavioural categories and includes appetite and blood pressure measurement. This is freely available at http://www.animalpain.com.br/assets/upload/escala-en-us.pdf The Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale for acute pain in cats is composed of seven questions, with a possible score of 20, with a guide of pain relief intervention for scores equal to or above 5. The scale is available to download from http://www.aprvt.com/uploads/5/3/0/5/5305564/cmp_feline_eng. pdf Pain assessment in the presence of the caregiver may affect the response and can contribute to a placebo effect. Pain scales offer a very helpful tool in the assessment of pain, but should not be used in isolation. They are best used as an adjunct to a comprehensive clinical assessment. Jürgen Theinert BVSc BSc MRCVS Edgewood Veterinary Group Pain assessment is a routine part of a clinical examination, following temperature, pulse rate and respiratory rate; pain assessment can be considered the fourth vital sign. It must be appreciated that there is no single behaviour in isolation that is definitive of pain in cats and that both objective and subjective assessments must be made to determine the level of pain being experienced by the individual cat. One must also appreciate that the absence of certain behaviours does not mean the cat is not experiencing pain. Because of the emotional component of pain, it is very helpful to know the normal behaviour of the cat prior to surgery. Pain behaviours can be very subtle and can take a long time to recognise and can be associated with fear, apprehension or anxiety and with cognitive dysfunction. All-inall, cats are a little difficult when assessing the level of pain being felt! The common behavioural signs of pain in cats include: • Depression, immobility or reluctance to move • Hunched posture with low head position • Eyes semi-closed: ‘squinting’ • Vocalisation • Changed facial expression • Restlessness • Lower tolerance of handling or interaction with the caregiver, manifested in aggression or a flight/fight response • Increased reaction to wound palpation or manipulation of painful area • Changes in locomotion: may include limping, reluctance to jump/climb • Change in appetite • Change in grooming habits • Tail flicking and swishing • Change in pulse and respiration rates • Change in urination/defaecation habits Vocalisation is a non-specific behaviour and cats do not always vocalise when in pain, but they may hiss, growl or spit. Some cats become very quiet when they are in pain; this must not be construed as a sign of comfort! Inappropriate loud vocalisation may occur in ageing cats with cognitive dysfunction syndrome. So WE PRINT ALMOST ANYTHING BUT NOT QUITE EVERYTHING
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