About this Research Topic
In the last decades, veterinary epilepsy research has led to remarkable advances in the understanding, characterisation, diagnosis and management of epilepsy in animals. However, emergency seizure disorders such as status epilepticus (SE) and cluster seizures (CS) remain clinical and therapeutic challenges with high mortality rates.
SE and CS are dramatic clinical entities with various and sometimes unrecognised semiology, and with a complex underlying pathophysiology. The tendency of SE to become self-sustaining and refractory supports the fact that these disorders have a multifactorial nature rather than being based on isolated elementary mechanisms. Since seizure emergencies are often hard to manage, especially when they reach refractory stages, our clinical diagnostic and therapeutic approach might need reconsideration or to be enriched with new elements.
Future research targeting to further unwrap the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, assess advanced diagnostic techniques, and evaluate novel therapeutic agents might provide a new perspective and enhance our approach for dealing with these puzzling emergency disorders.
The aim of this Research Topic is to advance the knowledge and evidence behind seizure emergencies in veterinary medicine. Publications that evaluate and expand on various aspects of the emergency seizure disorders are vital. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
- Epidemiology and risk factors.
- Pathophysiology and genetics.
- Clinical manifestations and semiology of the various types of seizures emergencies.
- Diagnostic procedures including electroencephalographic and neuroimaging studies.
- Novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.
This Research Topic requests for novel and original contributions on all aspects of emergency seizure disorders in both small and large animals. Prospective studies and clinical trials are encouraged, however, state-of-the-art comprehensive reviews, expert opinion articles and case reports or series may also be submitted.
SE and CS are dramatic clinical entities with various and sometimes unrecognised semiology, and with a complex underlying pathophysiology. The tendency of SE to become self-sustaining and refractory supports the fact that these disorders have a multifactorial nature rather than being based on isolated elementary mechanisms. Since seizure emergencies are often hard to manage, especially when they reach refractory stages, our clinical diagnostic and therapeutic approach might need reconsideration or to be enriched with new elements.
Future research targeting to further unwrap the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, assess advanced diagnostic techniques, and evaluate novel therapeutic agents might provide a new perspective and enhance our approach for dealing with these puzzling emergency disorders.
The aim of this Research Topic is to advance the knowledge and evidence behind seizure emergencies in veterinary medicine. Publications that evaluate and expand on various aspects of the emergency seizure disorders are vital. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
- Epidemiology and risk factors.
- Pathophysiology and genetics.
- Clinical manifestations and semiology of the various types of seizures emergencies.
- Diagnostic procedures including electroencephalographic and neuroimaging studies.
- Novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.
This Research Topic requests for novel and original contributions on all aspects of emergency seizure disorders in both small and large animals. Prospective studies and clinical trials are encouraged, however, state-of-the-art comprehensive reviews, expert opinion articles and case reports or series may also be submitted.
Keywords: Status epilepticus, cluster seizures, dog, cat, intensive care, rescue medications, management, epidemiology, risk factors, semiology
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