June 24th 2025
An investigation highlights the importance of cross-species genetic research and the value of animal models in rare disease studies.
The refractory seizure (Sz) patient: The diagnostic and therapeutic approach (Proceedings)
August 1st 2008There are varied opinions about this definition but for this discussion we will define a patient as refractory when: 1) an anticonvulsant (AC) has been used as monotherapy, the high end of the "therapeutic" blood level has been achieved for the AC and the patient continues to have the same or an increased number of seizures (szs); 2) a patient that has developed side effects from an AC that now precludes its use; or 3) the patient that has been well controlled for months or years and recently has had a significant increase in sz frequency.
Neurology: Technician's role in the management of the head and spinal trauma Patient (Proceedings)
August 1st 2008If the owner calls your clinic first, and states that the animal is recumbent, instruct them to transport the animal on a plywood stretcher or similar firm support system if at all possible.
Anesthesia for neurologic disease and procedures (Proceedings)
April 1st 2008The primary concerns for anesthesia for dogs with spinal neurologic disease are the need to prevent pulmonary aspiration of gastric fluid if food has not been withheld, to maintain a low intracranial pressure (ICP) and therefore a low spinal cord pressure, and the provision for pain management.
On the Forefront: Prophylactic laser disk ablation in dogs at Oklahoma State University
July 1st 2007Laser disk ablation, a procedure for preventing thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation in dogs, has been developed and performed in more than 350 dogs at the Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences.
A challenging case: Progressive, generalized pain in a young English bulldog
April 1st 2007A 1-year-old 58.3-lb (26.5-kg) castrated male English bulldog presented to the Mathew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania for evaluation of progressive pain that was difficult to localize.