Assessment and Treatment of Nonpain Conditions in Life-limiting Disease

• Autores: Alice E. Villalobos
• Localización: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice: Small Animal Practice, ISSN-e 0195-5616, Vol. 41, Nº. 3, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care), págs. 551-563
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The “Pawspice” philosophy, which the author introduced at the 2000 American Veterinary Medical Association meeting, focuses on symptom management along with a kinder, gentler, or modified approach to standard therapy. Many veterinarians have preconceived bias or ingrained beliefs about aging, serious illness, multiple comorbidities, and cancer, which may cause a negative or dismissive approach toward palliative treatment, especially in geriatric pets. Veterinarians and their v-teams must overcome this insensitive attitude about life-limiting disease. This article describes assessment, treatment, and home management of some nonpainful life-limiting diseases, including cancer and age-related decline of vital functions in the Pawspice setting.