Pain Assessment in Animals, Especially in Cats, Pain Management in Small Animals

 

Member Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists (AVA) and European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (ECVAA), International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management (IVAPM), Swiss Society of Veterinarians (GST), European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP)

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Dr. Kalchofner Guerrero terminated her thesis (Dr.med.vet.) about intravenous anesthesia with propofol-medetomidine in horses in 2003 at University of Zurich, Switzerland. She completed her residency in Veterinary Anaesthesiology and Analgesia in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2008 with the Diploma of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesie (Dip. ECVAA).

Dr. Kalchofner Guerrero was assistant professor in Zurich for Small and Large Animal Anaesthesiology between 2007 and 2011 at the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Zurich. From 2009 to 2011 she was scientific assistant and head of small animal anaesthesia, also in Zurich.

She performed research first mainly in horse anaesthesia and then in small animal anaesthesia, where her main interests are pain assessment and pain management, especially in cats.
Dr, Kalchofner Guerrero is currently an Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology at St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine. She is teaching Veterinary Anaesthesiology in 3 different terms, including supervision of students in their clinical rotation.

Bettschart-Wolfensberger R, Kalchofner K, Neges K, Kastner S, Furst A. Total intravenous anaesthesia in horses using medetomidine and propofol. Vet Anaesth Analg 2005;32(6):348-54

Karin S. Kalchofner, Simone K. Ringer, Jolanda Boller, Sabine B. R. Kästner, Christoph Lischer and Regula Bettschart-Wolfensberger. Clinical assessment of anesthesia with isoflurane and medetomidine in 300 equidae. Pferdeheilkunde, 2006; 22 (3): 301-308.

Ringer SK, Kalchofner K, Boller J et al. (2007) A clinical comparison of two anaesthetic protocols using lidocaine or medetomidine in horses. Vet Anaesth Analg 34, 257-268.

Kalchofner KS, Kummer M, Price J, Bettschart-Wolfensberger R.  (2007) Pruritus in two horses following epidurally administered morphine. Equine vet education, 19, 590-594.

Kalchofner, K. S., Picek, S., Ringer, S. K., Jackson, M., Hassig, M., and Bettschart-Wolfensberger, R. (2009). A study of cardiovascular function under controlled and spontaneous ventilation in isoflurane-medetomidine anaesthetized horses. Vet Anaesth Analg 36, 426-35.

 

Comparative study of a new metamizole formulation and carprofen on peri- and postoperative pain in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy

Comparison of recovery and analgesia in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy under alfaxolone-acepromazine or alfaxolone-medetomidine anaesthesia

Evaluation of inter-observer variability and reliability of different pain scales in cats