Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
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J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) · Sep 2017
Evaluation of the use of shock index in identifying acute blood loss in healthy blood donor dogs.
To determine if shock index (SI) would increase following blood donation and if it would be a more sensitive assessment of acute blood loss as compared with heart rate (HR), blood pressure, and plasma lactate. ⋯ An SI > 1.0 is a sensitive and specific tool for detecting acute small volume blood loss in healthy dogs.