Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Evaluation of veterinary patients with brain disease.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice
- Year:
- 2010
- Authors:
- Thomas, William B
- Affiliation:
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences · United States
Abstract
The initial evaluation of patients with brain disease is focused on determining the neuroanatomic diagnosis and the etiologic diagnosis. This evaluation is based on obtaining a careful history and performing a neurologic examination. Based on these results, the clinician recommends further diagnostic tests to confirm the diagnosis. By following this orderly process of clinical reasoning, it is usually possible to determine the cause of the patient's brain disease, which provides a prognosis and allows specific therapy.
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