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By Laurent Garosi and Simon R. Platt

Small Animal Neurological Emergencies 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.

Small Animal Neurological Emergencies 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.

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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
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
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
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