Lidocaine is an amide local anaesthetic initially used intravenously as an antiarrhythmic
agent. At some point it was proposed that intravenous lidocaine (IVL) had an analgesic …

Gastrointestinal disease is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality and the use of
animal models have been instrumental in studying mechanisms of digestive …

Introduction The neuroinflammatory response plays a key role in several pain syndromes.
Intravenous (iv) lidocaine is beneficial in acute and chronic pain. This review delineates the …

* The editors and authors acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of Samuel L.
Jones, Katharina I. Lohmann, Michelle Henry Barton, Laura Javsicas, Anthony T. Blikslager …

Colic surgery is one of few treatments in which a veterinarian can use a skill to save an
animal's life from a deadly disease within a short timeframe. Unfortunately, such success is …

Objective—To determine whether treatment of horses with firocoxib affects recovery of
ischemic-injured jejunum, while providing effective analgesia. Animals—18 horses …

Objective To review the physiology of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes with reference to
the beneficial effects of nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) related to their …

Background: Postoperative ileus (POI) is a frequent and often fatal complication of colic
surgery. Reliably effective treatments are not available. Objectives: To determine risk factors …

Background context Analgesic effect of lidocaine infusion on postoperative pain. Purpose
The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effect of lidocaine infusion on …

Changes in management of the surgical colic patient over the last 30 years have resulted in
considerable improvement in post operative survival rates. However, post operative …