Assessment of seizure classification and clinical management in dogs
Seizures are commonly diagnosed in dogs, but not much information has been published about the classifications of seizures, diagnostic approaches, or management in veterinary settings.
A cross-sectional study was performed to assess the seizure etiology, diagnostic testing, and clinical management of seizure-affected dogs.
In a total of 834 cases of incident seizures, 20.5% of dogs had epilepsy based on the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF) classification system. The results reported that 17.1% of the dogs had idiopathic epilepsy, 3.4% had structural epilepsy, and 6.3% had reactive seizures. Risk factors like being <12 years of age and being insured were recorded for receiving IVETF Tier 1 or higher diagnostic evaluation. 69.2% of the Incident seizure cases did not receive an anti-seizure drug (ASD) treatment. The rest, 25.3% of these cases, received 1 anti-seizure treatment, and 5.5% received a combination of anti-seizure treatments.
This study found differences between seizure classifications recorded from the clinical records and those recorded retrospectively. It suggested that better diagnostic guidelines are required in clinical practice.
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