January 7th 2025
The unapproved drugs claim to treat and control seizures in canine and feline patients
A logical approach to changed mental status (Proceedings)
April 1st 2010Evaluation of mental status is a subtle and extremely important skill that requires input from the owner in addition to professional evaluation. Changes in mental status can indicate simply a minor systemic illness, or could indicate dangerously high intracranial pressure.
Will the seizures ever stop? Managing refractory epilepsy (Proceedings)
April 1st 2010Seizure disorders, whether they are primary or secondary epilepsy, tend to be progressive because of the recruitment of neurons to seizure foci (also known as kindling). The decision on when to start treatment of seizures is always a compromise between the severity of the seizures, the progression of the seizures and the side effects of anti-epileptic drugs.
Treating acute disk herniations (Proceedings)
April 1st 2010Acute intervertebral disc herniations (Hansen type 1 intervertebral disc disease) are a common cause of devastating neurological signs in dogs. Although there is probably more information on outcome of acute disc herniations than any other disease in veterinary neurology, there is a lot of confusion as to the most appropriate therapy.
The neurologic examination for the busy small animal veterinarian (Proceedings)
November 1st 2009A complete neurologic examination is an essential component of the physical examination for patients with suspected neurologic disorders, but is sometimes not performed because of the time constraints of a busy practice.