Small Animal Neurological Emergencies PDF deals systematically with the assessment and treatment of small animal neurological patients in light of latest research findings and greatly improved imaging techniques.
The authors first discuss step-wise neurological and systemic approaches to common emergency cases—examination, critical care and rapid assessment—based on presenting signs. They then deal in depth with the pathophysiology, treatment options and likely prognoses of each of the more common types of neurological emergency, be it vascular accident, infection, trauma, seizure, acute disease or neoplasia. Detailed support techniques and therapies are provided on emergency anaesthesia, pain management, fluid therapy, post-operative care and physical rehabilitation.
The book will appeal to small animal practitioners, specialists, residents, course directors and students interested in neurology, emergency medicine and critical care, internal medicine, imaging and pathology.
Table of Contents
Admission and Neurodiagnostic Tests Examining the neurological emergency Laurent Garosi Respiratory and cardiovascular support in the neurological patient
Anthea Raisis and Gabrielle Musk
Metabolic evaluation of critically ill neurological patients
Louise Clark
Imaging of neurological emergencies
Fraser McConnell
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis
Amy Wood, Laurent Garosi and Simon Platt
Decision Making
Obtundation, stupor and coma
Peter Dickinson
Seizures
Simon Platt
Exercise-associated weakness and collapse
Arianna Negrin and Simon Platt
Ataxia
John Levine
Paresis and paralysis
Jay McDonnell
Spinal pain
Ronaldo da Costa
Acute blindness
Peter Nghiem and Scott Schatzberg
Tremors and involuntary movements
Marc Kent
Head tilt and nystagmus
Laurent Garosi
Acute disorders of the head and face
Lara Matiasek and Alberta de Stefani
Monoparesis and neurological causes of lameness
Toby Gemmill and Malcolm McKee
Specific Emergencies—Diagnosis and Treatment
Cerebrovascular accidents
Laurent Garosi
Ischaemic myelopathy
Luisa de Risio
Infectious and inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system
Scott Schatzberg and Peter Nghiem
Head trauma
Courtenay Freeman and Simon Platt
Spinal trauma
Natasha Olby
Acute disc disease
Joan Coates
Status epilepticus
Allison Haley and Simon Platt
Myasthenia gravis
Kerry Bailey
Tetanus and botulism
Jacques Penderis
Intracranial neoplasia and secondary pathological effects
John Rossmeisl and Theresa Pancotto
Metabolic encephalopathies
Kate Chandler and Robert Goggs
Neurological toxicities
Jennifer Pittman, Benjamin Brainard and Katrin Swindells
Specific Management Issues
Emergency neuroanaesthesia
Anthea Raisis and Gabrielle Musk
Analgesia for patients with neurological disease
Gabrielle Musk and Anthea Raisis
Fluid therapy
Anthea Raisis and Katrin Swindells
Postoperative and supportive care and physical rehabilitation
Sebastien Behr and Rebecca Green
Further reading
Drug dosages for the emergency patient
Amy Wood, Simon Platt and Laurent Garosi
Units and reference ranges
Simon Platt and Laurent Garosi
Blood transfusion sheet
Simon Platt and Laurent Garosi
