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1 | Pain scales

VetBooks.ir Feline carrying out the assessment chooses the
descriptor within each category which best ts
he lasgow eline Composite easure Pain
the cat s behaviour condition. It is important to
Scale C PS eline , which can be applied
uickly and reliably in a clinical setting, has been carry out the assessment procedure as
designed as a clinical decision making tool for described on the questionnaire, following the
protocol closely. he pain score is the sum of
use in cats in acute pain. It includes 8 the rank scores. he maximum score for the
descriptor options within seven behavioural seven categories is . he total C PS eline
categories. ithin each category, the score has been shown to be a useful indicator of
descriptors are ranked numerically according to analgesic requirement and the recommended
their associated pain severity and the person analgesic intervention level is .

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