Pneumoperitoneum in dogs and cats: 39 Cases (1983-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 462-468

  Saunders, W Brian ^a   Tobias, Karen M ^b  

^a Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLADDER RUPTURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOG BITE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 0041730636     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.462     Document Type: Review

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