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Clinicopathologic abnormalities associated with increased animal triage trauma score in cats with bite wound injuries: 43 cases (1998-2009)
- Source :
- Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001). 29(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To document the clinical and clinicopathologic changes in cats presenting with trauma from bite wounds, identify common abnormalities associated with bite wounds, and to determine whether the calculated animal trauma triage (ATT) score is related to any clinicopathologic abnormalities. DESIGN: Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING: University veterinary teaching hospital. ANIMALS: Forty‐three client‐owned cats that presented for bite wounds to a large, urban, veterinary hospital between 1998 and 2009. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Pertinent history, physical examination findings, results of biochemical testing, and outcome were extracted from medical records. Animal triage trauma score was calculated based on the physical examination at presentation in cats with adequate available information. Patients were classified as having either a low (
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Critical Care
040301 veterinary sciences
Physical examination
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Dogs
Injury Severity Score
Internal medicine
Trauma score
Medicine
Animals
Bites and Stings
Lactic Acid
Retrospective Studies
Calcium metabolism
CATS
General Veterinary
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business.industry
Medical record
Records
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Venous blood
medicine.disease
Triage
Lactic acidosis
Cats
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14764431
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9458ff3b0242e46dd7511f3397526fc8