Secondary epilepsy in dogs and cats. When the cause of seizures is a structural or chemical problem within the brain, the disease is said to be secondary. Secondary seizures are caused by hydrocephalus, brain cancer, brain infections, brain inflammation, toxins, aneurysms, and stroke damage.
You'll need to remove the baby's diaper to check his femoral pulse. Photo Credit Karin Dreyer/Blend Images/Getty Images. A routine examination of a newborn includes checking her femoral pulse, or feeling her heartbeat by pressing on the artery in her groin. This test may be the first sign of a serious circulatory problem, known as coarctation, or interruption of the thoracic aorta.
1 Your blood pressure will be taken in both arms. 2  Then a small ultrasound transducer will be placed on the femoral artery in each leg, to record waveforms caused by the flow of blood through the artery. 3  The transducer will also be placed over 3 arteries in each ankle to measure blood flow by ultrasound and waveforms.