• This new book 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.

  • 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

  • Simon Platt: BVM&S, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), Diplomate ECVN, MRCVS RCVS Recognized Specialist of Veterinary Neurology

    Dr. Simon Platt received his veterinary degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1992, following which he undertook an internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph and a 2 year period in private practice in the England. Dr. Platt completed a residency in neurology and neurosurgery in 1998 at the University of Florida and afterwards spent 2 years as an assistant professor of Neurology at the University of Georgia.

    In 2000, Dr. Platt returned to the UK where he was Head of the Neurology/Neurosurgery service at the Animal Health Trust until 2006, from which time he has been at the Dept. of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia where is currently a Professor.

    Dr. Platt received the AAVC National resident of the year award in 1998, the BSAVA Blaine award for outstanding contributions to small animal medicine and surgery in 2005, the UGA Clinical Research Award in 2010 and the David Tyler Award for Innovative Teaching in 2012.

    Dr. Platt has authored or co-authored over 140 journal articles and 30 book chapters and is the co-editor of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology and the Manual of Small Animal Neurological Emergencies.

    Dr. Platt is currently the President of the ACVIM Neurology Specialty and Founder member of the South Eastern Veterinary Neurology (SEVEN) group in the USA.

    Meet Laurent Garosi DVM Dip ECVN MRCVS

    Laurent is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology (ECVN) and RCVS/European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology.

    He is currently company director and head of the neurology/neurosurgery service at Davies Veterinary Specialists, England.

    In 2012, Laurent opened a dedicated feline neurology service which is the first of its kind in Europe. His main clinical and research interests are cerebrovascular diseases, neuro-imaging and feline neurology.

    He is currently president of the ECVN, past chief examiner of the ECVN examination committee and co-editor with Simon Platt of a recently published textbook on Small Animal Neurological Emergencies.

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