Abstract

Accurate identification of post-operative pain of nonverbal veterinary patients is essential for effective management and client satisfaction in a clinical setting. Different methods, subjective, semi-objective as well as objective methods are available to assess pain in the postoperative period. One such is the Glasgow Composite Measure Pain scale (GCMPS), which is a semi-objective or composite method to score pain and is suitable for use in a clinical setting. The present study was aimed to determine the usefulness of a modified GCMPS for assessing the requirement of rescue analgesia in the post operative period and to compare the analgesic efficacy of two anaesthetic protocols. The present pain scale could evaluate the post operative pain without personal bias.

Keywords : postoperative pain, pain score, rescue analgesia, dogs