Comparison of Peritoneal Fluid and Peripheral Blood pH, Bicarbonate, Glucose, and Lactate Concentration as a Diagnostic Tool for Septic Peritonitis in Dogs and Cats

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-166

  Bonczynski, Jennifer J ^a   Ludwig, Lori L ^a   Barton, Linda J ^a   Loar, Andrew ^a   Peterson, Mark E ^a  

^a ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DOG; EFFUSION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PERITONITIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTEREMIA; BICARBONATES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038659195     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2003.50005     Document Type: Article

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