Measurement of urinary urea nitrogen content as an estimate of the amount of total urinary nitrogen loss in dogs in intensive care units

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-359

  Michel, Kathryn E ^a   King, Lesley G ^a   Ostro, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HOSPITAL; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NITROGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREA; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031065966     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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