Seizures in Dogs and Cats

• Autore: Sanders Sean
• Pubblicazione: Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2025; ©2026
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (563 pages)
• Disciplina: 636.7089853
• Soggetto topico: MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Small Animal
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Companion Website -- CHAPTER 1 Historical Perspectives -- PREHISTORIC AND ANCIENT OBSERVATION -- EARLY CIVILIZATION -- THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE RENAISSANCE -- THE ENLIGHTENMENT -- THE MODERN ERA -- THE 20TH CENTURY -- SIX THOUSAND YEARS LATER -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 The Biology of Seizures -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NEURON -- ELECTRICITY 101 -- HOW A NEURON "FIRES" -- THE ACTION POTENTIAL -- THE PAROXYSMAL DEPOLARIZATION SHIFT -- NEUROTRANSMITTERS -- CONNECTIONS -- THE NEURONAL ENVIRONMENT -- THE WIRING OF THE BRAIN (NEURAL NETWORKS) -- GLIA -- ORGANIZATION OF BRAIN CONNECTIONS -- NEOCORTICAL CONNECTIONS -- SUBCORTICAL CONNECTIONS -- CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HEMISPHERES -- BRAINSTEM CONNECTIONS -- LIMBIC CONNECTIONS -- NONBRAIN INFLUENCES OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 Epileptic Seizure Classification and Syndromes -- INTRODUCTION -- TERMINOLOGY -- SEIZURE -- EPILEPTIC SEIZURE -- EPILEPSY -- EPILEPTIC SYNDROME -- ELEMENTS OF AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE -- STATUS EPILEPTICUS -- CLUSTER SEIZURES -- CLASSIFICATION -- HISTORICAL AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVES -- PATIENT ASSESSMENT -- THE APPROACH TO CLASSIFICATION -- PHENOMENOLOGICAL SEIZURE TYPES -- FOCAL SEIZURES -- GENERALIZED SEIZURES -- UNKNOWN OR UNCLASSIFIED "SEIZURES" -- EPILEPTIC SYNDROMES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 Client Communication -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMUNICATION MODELS AND STYLES -- EXAM INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY -- SEIZURE DIARY -- EXAMINATION AND DISCUSSION -- ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICATIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 Diagnosis -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY -- SEIZURE LOG -- AURA OR PRODROME -- THE ICTUS -- THE POSTICTAL PERIOD -- PROGRESSION OF CLINICAL SIGNS -- ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICATION HISTORY -- PHYSICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL EXAM -- MINIMAL DATABASE. ; COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT (CBC) -- BIOCHEMICAL PROFILE -- URINALYSIS -- FECAL ANALYSIS -- ADDITIONAL NON-INVASIVE TESTS -- SPECIAL BLOOD AND URINE TESTS -- THERAPEUTIC DRUG LEVELS -- RADIOGRAPHS -- ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND -- ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS (INVASIVE OR REQUIRING ANESTHESIA) -- MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) -- MRI PROTOCOLS FOR EPILEPSY -- COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT SCAN) -- CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS -- ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG) (SEE ALSO CHAPTER 10) -- RESEARCH AND FUTURE DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES -- TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION -- MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY -- FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING -- FUNCTIONAL MRI (FMRI) -- POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) -- SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT) -- MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY -- MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY -- EPILEPSY BIOMARKERS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 Medical Management of Seizures -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY TREAT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES -- WHEN TO TREAT -- DOSING -- PHARMACOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES -- ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION -- ABSORPTION -- PROTEIN BINDING -- DISTRIBUTION -- METABOLISM -- ELIMINATION -- PHARMACOKINETICS -- CHOOSING A MEDICATION -- TREATMENT STRATEGIES -- PROPHYLACTIC OR CHRONIC THERAPY -- WHAT MEDICATION SHOULD YOU CHOOSE? -- ANTISEIZURE MEDICATION CHOICES FOR DOGS -- ANTISEIZURE MEDICATION CHOICES FOR CATS -- PROBLEMS WITH PROPHYLACTIC THERAPY -- BRIDGE THERAPY -- PULSE THERAPY -- DRUG MONITORING -- DISCONTINUATION OF MEDICATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 Antiseizure Medications -- INTRODUCTION -- CORTICOSTEROIDS -- STANDARD COMMON DRUGS -- CLONAZEPAM (CLN) (KLOE-NA-ZUH-PAM) -- CLORAZEPATE (CZP) (KLOR-AZ-AH-PATE) -- DIAZEPAM (DZP) (DYE-AHZ-AH-PAM) -- GABAPENTIN (GBP) (GAB-AH-PEN-TIN) -- IMEPITOIN -- LEVETIRACETAM (LEV) (LEV-ET-EAR-AS-EHH-TAM) -- LORAZEPAM (LOR) (LOR-AYZ-EH-PAM) -- MIDAZOLAM (MDZ) (MID-AZZ-ZOE-LAM) -- PHENOBARBITAL (PB) (FEE-NOE-BAR-BIH-TAL). ; POTASSIUM BROMIDE (KBr) (POE-TASS-EE-UM BROE-MIDE) -- TOPIRAMATE (TPM) (TOE-PIE-RAH-MATE) -- ZONISAMIDE (ZON) (ZOE-NIS-AHH-MIDE) -- NEWER or LESS COMMON DRUGS -- FELBAMATE (FBM) (FEL-BAH-MATE) -- KETAMINE (KET) (KEE-TUH-MEEN) -- LACOSAMIDE (LCM) (LAH-COE-SUH-MIDE) -- PREGABALIN (PGN) (PRE-GAB-AH-LIN) -- PROPOFOL (PRO) (PROE-POH-FOLE) -- RUFINAMIDE (RUF) (RUE-FINN-AH-MIDE) -- RARELY USED DRUGS -- CARBAMAZEPINE (KAR-BAM-AYE-ZUH-PEEN) -- ETHOSUXIMIDE (ETHO-SUCKS-IH-MIDE) -- PRIMIDONE (PRIM-IH-DONE) -- VALPROIC ACID (VAL-PROE-ICK) -- ANTISEIZURE MEDICATIONS NOT USED IN DOGS AND CATS -- INAPPROPRIATE PHARMACOKINETICS -- ADVERSE EFFECTS AND TOXICITY -- LACK OF EFFECT -- LACK OF PERCEIVED BENEFIT -- LACK OF DATA RELATING TO DRUG DISPOSITION, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY -- ANTISEIZURE DRUGS UNDER DEVELOPMENT -- BRIVARACETAM -- CARBENOXOLONE -- FLUOROFELBAMATE -- GANAXOLONE -- LOSIGAMONE -- PERAMPANEL -- TONABERSAT -- RETIGABINE (EZOGABINE) -- 2-DEOXY-d-GLUCOSE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 Emergency Management of Seizures -- STATUS EPILEPTICUS -- INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION -- EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY -- EMERGENCY HOSPITAL/CLINIC MANAGEMENT -- INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT -- CONTINUED SUPPORTIVE CARE AND PREVENTION OF SEIZURES -- INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP) -- ASSESSMENT OF ICP -- TREATMENT OF INCREASED ICP -- NONEMERGENCY SEIZURE CONTROL (HOSPITAL) -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) -- CONTINUED MONITORING AND CARE -- EMERGENCY HOME TREATMENT -- STRATEGIES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 Alternative, Integrative, and Complementary Therapy -- INTRODUCTION -- DIET -- THE KETOGENIC DIET -- OTHER DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS -- COMPLEMENTARY, ALTERNATIVE, AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE -- ACUPUNCTURE/ACUPRESSURE -- HERBAL-AND PLANT-BASE DREMEDIES -- AROMATHERAPY -- AYURVEDA -- HOMEOPATHY -- OTHER MODALITIES -- A NOTE ON SAFETY -- REFERENCES. ; CHAPTER 10 Advanced Invasive Therapy for Seizures -- INTRODUCTION -- HYPOTHERMIA -- DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION -- VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION -- IMPLANTED DEVICE -- CUTANEOUS STIMULATION -- OCULAR COMPRESSION -- TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION -- SURGERY -- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SPECIES -- JUSTIFICATION FOR SURGERY -- PRESURGICAL EVALUATION -- SURGERY IN DOGS AND CATS -- DIAGNOSTICS -- SURGICAL PROTOCOLS -- RESECTION SURGERY -- DISCONNECTION SURGERY -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1 Glossary of Descriptive Terminology for Veterinary Ictal Semiology -- GENERAL TERMS -- DESCRIPTIVE TERMS OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES -- MOTOR -- NONMOTOR -- AUTONOMIC EVENTS -- SOMATOTOPIC MODIFIERS -- MODIFIERS AND DESCRIPTORS OF SEIZURE TIMING -- DURATION -- SEVERITY -- PRODROME -- POSTICTAL PHENOMENON -- APPENDIX 2 The Neurological Exam and Clinical Exam Forms -- MENTAL STATUS -- POSTURE -- CONSCIOUS PROPRIOCEPTION -- CRANIAL NERVES -- CRANIAL NERVE I: THE OLFACTORY NERVE -- CRANIAL NERVE II: THE OPTIC NERVE -- CRANIAL NERVES III, IV, AND VI: THE OCULOMOTOR, TROCHLEAR, AND ABDUCENT NERVES -- CRANIAL NERVE V: THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE -- CRANIAL NERVE VII: THE FACIAL NERVE -- CRANIAL NERVE VIII: THE VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE -- CRANIAL NERVES IX AND X: THE GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL AND VAGUS NERVES -- CRANIAL NERVE XI: THE SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE -- CRANIAL NERVE XII: THE HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE -- REFLEX TESTING -- THE PATELLAR REFLEX -- THE WITHDRAWAL REFLEX -- THE CUTANEUS(EOUS) TRUNCI REFLEX (RESPONSE) -- THE PERINEAL REFLEX -- PAIN SENSATION -- LESION LOCALIZATION -- NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION -- INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY EPILEPSY TASK FORCE EPILEPSY QUESTIONNAIRE -- APPENDIX 3 Antiseizure Medication Formulary and Common Formulas -- ANTISEIZURE FORMULARY -- CARBAMAZEPINE (TEGRETOL®) -- CLONAZEPAM (KLONOPIN®) -- CLORAZEPATE (TRAXENE®) -- DIAZEPAM (VALIUM®) -- ETHOSUXIMIDE (ZARONTIN®) -- FELBAMATE (FELBATOL®). ; GABAPENTIN (NEURONTIN®) -- IMEPITOIN (PEXION™) -- KETAMINE (KETAJECT®, KETASET®, KETA-STHETIC®, KETALAR®, VETALAR®) -- LACOSAMIDE (VIMPAT®) -- LEVETIRACETAM (KEPPRA®) (KEPPRA XR®) -- LORAZEPAM (ATIVAN®) -- MIDAZOLAM (VERSED®) -- PHENOBARBITAL -- POTASSIUM BROMIDE (K-BROVET®) -- PREGABALIN (BONQAT®, LYRICA®, PREGATAB®) -- PROPOFOL (RAPINOVET®, PROPOFLO®, AND PROPOCLEAR®) -- RUFINAMIDE (BANZEL®, INOVELON®) -- TOPIRAMATE (TOPAMAX®) (TROKENDI XR®), (QUDEXY XR®) -- VALPROIC ACID (DEPAKENE®) -- ZONISAMIDE (ZONEGRAN®) -- COMMON FORMULAS -- FORMULA FOR CALCULATING A PHENOBARBITAL IV LOADING DOSE* -- FORMULA FOR CALCULATION OF NEW DRUG DOSE -- CALCULATION OF DRUG HALF-LIFE (WWW-USERS.MED.CORNELL.EDU/~SPON/PICU/CALC/HALFCALC.HTM) -- POTASSIUM BROMIDE LOADING DOSING EXAMPLE -- Index -- EULA.
• Sommario/riassunto: The complete guide to managing seizures in dogs and cats, integrating practical insights and clinical expertise Seizures in Dogs and Cats, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate resource for diagnosing, treating, and managing seizure patients effectively. This updated edition synthesizes the latest research, guidelines, and clinical practices, offering invaluable tools to deliver optimal veterinary care. With streamlined text, enhanced tables and figures, and practical "Tips and Tricks" throughout, the book is designed for real-world clinical use. This edition expands on essential topics, including updated EEG guidelines, new anti-seizure medications, emergency seizure management, integrative therapies and surgery to treat epilepsy. Features such as chapter outlines, algorithms, and a detailed anti-seizure medication formulary help to ensure quick reference during busy clinical hours. This reliable clinical guide combines evidence-based knowledge with practical insights from private practice. Providing the tools and knowledge to address seizure disorders with confidence and clarity, Seizures in Dogs and Cats: Offers step-by-step guidance on handling any seizure patient in veterinary practice Incorporates the latest guidelines, classifications, and syndromes in veterinary neurology Contains a wealth of tables, images, and algorithms to simplify complex concepts and improve clinical decision-making Includes an anti-seizure medication formulary, client-friendly seizure questionnaires, and glossaries for veterinary ictal semiology With concise text, reference lists, and real-world examples throughout, Seizures in Dogs and Cats, Second Edition, is an indispensable resource for busy clinicians and veterinary teams managing seizure patients in day-to-day practice, including veterinary specialists, general practitioners, and students taking courses in veterinary neurology and small animal medicine.
• Titolo autorizzato: Seizures in dogs and cats
• ISBN: 1-394-24564-5; 1-394-24563-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911018943103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II