Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
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J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) · Jan 2018
Retrospective evaluation of the prognostic utility of plasma lactate concentration, base deficit, pH, and anion gap in canine and feline emergency patients.
To determine the association of plasma lactate concentration, pH, base deficit (BD), and anion gap (AG) in dogs and cats on presentation to an emergency room with outcome, and to compare the prognostic significance of hyperlactatemia with a concurrent metabolic acidosis with that of hyperlactatemia and a normal metabolic acid-base balance. ⋯ The presence and magnitude of hyperlactatemia on presentation to the emergency room may help identify dogs and cats with high likelihood of in-hospital mortality, and the presence of lactic acidosis specifically may help identify dogs with yet higher risk of in-hospital mortality.
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J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) · Jan 2018
Observational StudyThe influence of inflammation and hematocrit on clot strength in canine thromboelastographic hypercoagulability.
To investigate parameters causing canine thromboelastographic hypercoagulability and to investigate whether thromboelastography (TEG) with Cytochalasin D (Cyt D) added is related to parameters of platelet activity. ⋯ Overall clot strength in TEG analyses of the hypercoagulable dogs included in the present study appears to be primarily associated with inflammation as well as hematocrit. Furthermore, the ratio between standard TEG analyses and TEG analyses with Cyt D may reflect some degree of platelet activity.