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| Prone to generative disease (kidneys, arthritis, heart, cancer) |
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| Pertinent to younger dogs |
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| internal parasites, congentital problems, traumatic injuries |
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| pertinent to certain breeds |
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| predispose to certain diseases |
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| pertinenet to animals condition, ex |
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| overweight dogs are prone to joint problems, brachycephalic to respiratory problems |
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| when vet tech profession began to take form |
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| father of veterinary technology in North America |
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| Adjective added to vet tech title in 1989 |
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| American Veterinary Medical Association |
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| Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (under the auspices of the AVMA) |
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| Veterinary Technician National Examination |
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| What kinds of questions on VTNE |
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| within 6 months of graduating or after graduating |
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| How many domains on VTNE? |
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| Pharmacy and pharmacology, surgical nursing, laboratory procedure, animal nursing, diagnostic, anesthesia/ analgesia, dentistry |
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| Prescribe, Diagnose, Prognose, Perform surgery, attest to health status |
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| what can vet tech carry out? |
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| anything besides what a vet can do, including catheters |
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| what do you have to note if you give a drug |
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| "as per order" in medical redcord |
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| What is one of the most important duties of a vet tech |
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| greater level of education, BS |
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| When considering the question of "right conduct," first ask, "right for whom?" |
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| Four important techniques for the physical |
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| observation, auscultation, palpation, and olfaction |
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| larger animals have what HRs? |
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| Fitter animals have what HRs? |
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| Mucous Membranes Dogs and cats |
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| 100.5 degrees F- 102.5 degree F |
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| regular, irregular heart beat. Same irregularity repeated |
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| higher than normal heart rate |
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| lower than normal heart rate |
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| cyanotic- lack of oxygen to the tissue (hypoxia) |
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| septic, injected- systemic infection, vasodilation (drugs or hyperthermia) |
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| icteric, jaundice- live disease- can see in eyes and gums |
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| pale, anemic- decreased number of healthy RBC, vasoconstriction (pain drugs) |
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| how well the blood is circulating to tissues furthest from the heart, measured by CRT |
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| back leg near tail, start of back/incline of back, withers, near ears |
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| what kind of symmetry to look for on the head |
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| clear, red is ok in rodents |
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| swelling could be a teeth issue |
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| pupils are two different sizes |
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| what can peridontal disease lead to? |
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| other diseases in the body, like kidney disease |
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| what should you check in the neck and coat? |
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| straight midline trachea, full range of motion in neck, collar not too tight, alopecia, ectoparasites, dry skiin, masses, tumors, and lesions |
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| How are murmurs measured? |
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| on a scale of 0-6, 3 and up can be heard |
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| blood going where it shouldn't |
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| "cop a feel", descended testicles, no discharge other than in heat dogs, tumors (mostly mammary) |
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| pretty clear, not a strong odor |
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| head tilt, how they move, circling, head pressing, stargazing, biting when nothing is there, aggression, rapid eye movement |
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| what does the lymphatic system do? |
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| protects from disease, filters toxins |
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| submandibular lymph nodes |
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| locate at the point of the mandible, palpate both sides to compare, lymph node (small) and salivary gland (large) sometimes confused. |
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| cranial dorsal to the shoulder joint |
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| located caudal to the stifle |
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| how should you palpate lymph nodes? |
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| both at the same time to detect differences. If you can't feel it, that's good. Big -> infection |
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| totally dependent on Mom for food, warmth, grooming, social interactions, etc |
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| eyes start to open, ears more erect, blurry vision/ hearing |
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| more erect; better hearing and sight |
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| still dependent on Mom, sees and hears better, pretty mobile, milk teeth |
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| Full vision and hearing, personality developing, some solid food |
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| eat solid foods much better |
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| self-sufficient. can be taken from Mom. Time varies by who you ask (8 to 12 weeks) |
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| a young adult, mostly full grown, completely self-sufficient |
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| considered this what it has full adult dentition, also at sexual maturity |
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| how many pounds will a kitten gain a month with proper nutrition? |
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| eyes closed, ears more open |
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| eyes opening, hearing/ sight starting, some mobility |
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| some people start earlier, start solid food/ weaning |
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| social development, can see and hear |
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| time when early phobias can develop, people will sell/ give away puppies, eat dog food, wean |
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| how can you tell a dog or cat's age on their cranium? |
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| no staining, white, bright, no tartar |
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| what makes teeth hard to assess age by? |
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| anal genital distance is greater in? |
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| when do male puppy testicles descend? |
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| data collection, data interpretation, formulation and implementation of Tx plan, Evaluation of patient response to Tx plan |
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| Basic nursing observation |
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| attitude, appetite, urination and defecation |
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| how to prevent ulcers from being immobile |
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| supportive bedding, frequent turning, donut pillow, good hygiene |
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| ulcer, "bed sore" treatment |
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| slow healing due to poor circulation to area, clean and debride, pad area, antibiotics (systemic vs. topical) |
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| not "fufu", have them go home better than they came in, animal feels better, less likely to get dermatitis |
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| what can long nails cause? |
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| can split, tear off, grow into pad causing pain or abscess |
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| ways to stop ear infection spreading |
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| clean good ear first, careful with equipment, watch out, remember easy to pass to other animals |
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| how are anal glands supposed to be expressed naturally? |
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| when stool is expelled through the rectum |
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| how can anal glands become impacted? |
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| soft stools, dehydration, thick anal sack fluid, specific breeds |
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| Signs of anal sack issues |
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| scooting, licking excessively at perineum, carry tail abnormally, vague pain or discomfort in the area |
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| squinting, rubbing, redness, discharge, AN EMERGENCY |
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| looks for corneal ulcers/ damage |
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| what can't you use to treat corneal damage? |
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| expensive, can be complicate, won't work like it should if you mess up |
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| eye drops and eye ointment order |
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| eye drops first and ointment second |
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| Contraindications of oral meds |
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| vomiting, intestinal disease, extreme debilitation, NPO |
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| Five rights of giving medication |
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| correct drug, patient, right dose, right route, time/ frequency |
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| requires muscles. Food is usually digested and can contain bile |
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| does not require muscles. Food is whole and has not reached stomach |
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| moderate is beneficial, in safe controlled area where they can't escape |
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| animals that may be on very restricted or no exercise |
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| animals with respiratory, cardiovascular, or orthopedic conditions |
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| when should you use a harness |
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| if animal has neck, back, resp, cardio, or ortho issues |
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| peripheral edema, muscle tone, strength, range of motion, mood/ outlook |
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| palatability, variety, encouragement, heat, people food, appetitie stimulant |
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| caution when force feeding because of |
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| nasoesophageal feeding tube |
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| through nose down esophagous |
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| Pharyngostomy, Esophagostomy, Gastrostomy, Enterostomy |
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| TPM (total parenteral nutrition) |
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| meets all patient nutritional needs with IV feeding |
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| TPN requirements, time period |
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| requires central/ dedicated line, long term |
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| PPN (Partial parenteral nutrition) |
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| meeting some to most of the patients' needs through IV feedings |
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| PPN requirements and time period |
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| needs a peripheral line and is short term |
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| maintenance for TPN and PPN |
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| sterile catheter, catheter check daily, aseptic technique is used for every feeding |
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| the use of cold, heat, water, electrical impulses, and therapeutic exercise to treat an injury or a disease |
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| what does physical therapy help? |
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| reducing muscle spasm, relieving pain, resolving peripheral edema, improving circulation to a particular area, increasing range of motion |
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| unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage |
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| what can the anticipation of pain do? |
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| pain is the what sign in human medicine? |
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| how do animals respond to pain? |
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| respond different than humans |
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| historical approach to pain |
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| used to "keep quiet",treated only if signs present |
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| Animal instinct with pain |
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| identify painful event, predict intensity and duration, pre-emptively medicate, continue appropriate meds |
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| physiological signs of pain |
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| tachycardia, tachypnea, elevated BP, hyperthermia, Poor MM color, dilated pupils |
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| vocalization, restless or depressed, anorexia, resent handling, aggression, posture change, trembling, lick/chew (especially with nerve pain) |
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| 0-4 done by CO state, one for cats, one for dogs, standing to recumbent |
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| decreased healing, decreased immune response, increased HR/BP, cardiac arrhythmia, coagulopathy, increased RR, pulmonary edema, altered acid/base balance, Renal function (BP), Nausea/ vomit (salivate a lot), emotion stress, increased catabolic rate, entire body ramped up |
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| Process by which stimulus carried from periphery to cerebral cortex |
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| Three steps of Nociception |
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| Modulation, Transmission, Modulation |
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| Perception is conscious or unconscious? |
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| conscious to cerebral cortex |
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| what inhibits perception? |
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| anesthetics, opioids, benzodiazepines, phenothiazine |
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| pain process is altered, repeat or intense impulse, increased excitability, progressive condition, difficult to control |
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| what causes wind up phenomenom |
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| Two phases of wind up phenomenom |
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| hyper algesia and allodynia |
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| abnormally heightened sensitivity to pain |
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| pain response to normal things |
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| Control principles for pain |
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| Preemptive Analgesia, Multimodal Approach, Achieve and Maintain control |
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| Predict severity and duration, med before stimuli, increased efficacy, decreased dose, decreased neg effects, decreased anesthesia, prevent wind up |
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| Combine meds to achieve synergy, allows lower dose of individual med, target more than one phase in pathway |
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| Achieve and Maintain control |
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| Schedule dosing, Avoid rollercoaster with multimodal approach, wean as pain decreases, "Don't quit until the pain quits" |
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