Clinical syndromes seen in small animals with neurologic diseases are recognized generally from the history (acute vs. chronic onset, trauma and toxin exposure, observed clinical signs, progressive or static, pain, travel history, and vaccine status),signalment (breed, sex, and age), and neurologic examination (mentation, posture, gait, ambulatory function, postural reactions, palpation, limb and cranial nerve reflex testing). The general aim of patient examination is to determine the neuroanatomy localization (brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system), assess the severity of the disorder, identify the disease process (eg. 'DAMNIT V scheme), determine the most appropriate form of treatment, and to predict the prognosis.
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