Evaluation of a canine D-dimer point-of-care test kit for use in samples obtained from dogs with disseminated intravascular coagulation, thromboembolic disease, and hemorrhage

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1562-1569

  Griffin, Alison ^a   Callan, Mary Beth ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Giger, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DOGS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0346270342     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1562     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Marder VJ, Budzynski AZ. Data for defining fibrinogen and its plasmic degradation products. Thromb Diath Haemorrh 1975; 33:199-207.
2. Francis CW, Marder VJ, Barlow GH. Plasmic degradation of crosslinked fibrin: characterization of new macromolecular soluble complexes and a model of their structure. J Clin Invest 1980;66:1033-1043.
3. Pizzo SV, Taylor LM Jr, Schwartz ML, et al. Subunit structure of fragment D from fibrinogen and cross-linked fibrin. J Biol Chem 1973;248:4584-4590.
4. Stokol T, Brooks M, Erb H, et al. Evaluation of kits for the detection of fibrin(ogen) degradation products in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 1999;13:478-484.
5. Bick RL. Disseminated intravascular coagulation: pathophysiologic mechanisms and manifestations. Semin Thromb Hemost 1998; 24:3-18.
6. Stokol T, Brooks MB, Erb HN, et al. D-dimer concentrations in healthy dogs and dogs with disseminated intravascular coagulation (Erratum published in Am J Vet Res 2000;61:728). Am J Vet Res 2000; 61:393-398.
7. D'Angelo A, D'Alessandro G, Tomassini L. Evaluation of a new rapid quantitative D-dimer assay in patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis. Thromb Haemost 1996;75:412-416.
8. Yu M, Nardella A, Liberto P. Screening tests of disseminated intravascular coagulation: guidelines for rapid and specific laboratory diagnosis. Crit Care Med 2000;28:1777-1780.
9. Kelly J, Rudd A, Lewis RR, et al. Plasma D-dimers in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism. Arch Intern Med 2002;162:747-756.
10. van der Graaf F, van den Borne H, van der Kolk M, et al. Exclusion of deep venous thrombosis with D-dimer testing. Comparison of 13 D-dimer methods in 99 outpatients suspected of deep venous thrombosis using venography as reference standard. Thromb Haemost 2000;83:191-198.
11. Caldin M, Furlanello T, Lubas G. Validation of an immunoturbidimetric D-dimer assay in canine citrated plasma. Vet Clin Pathol 2000;29:51-54.
12. Bateman SW, Mathews KA, Abrams-Ogg ACG. Disseminated intravascular coagulation in dogs: review of the literature. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 1998;8:29-45.
13. Van Winkle TJ, Hackner SG, Liu SM. Clinical and pathological features of aortic thromboembolism in 36 dogs. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 1993;3:13-21.
14. Palmer KG, King LG, Van Winkle TJ. Clinical manifestations and associated disease syndromes in dogs with cranial vena cava thrombosis: 17 cases (1989-1996). J Am Vet Med Assoc 1998;213:220-224.
15. Johnson LR, Lappin M, Baker DC. Pulmonary thromboembolism in 29 dogs: 1985-1995. J Vet Intern Med 1999;13:338-345.
16. Brommer EJP, Engberg SJ, van der Laarse A, et al. Survival of fibrin degradation products in the circulation after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Fibrinolysis 1987;1:149-153.
17. Owings JT, Gosselin RC, Anderson JT, et al. Practical utility of the D-dimer assay for excluding thromboembolism in severely injured trauma patients. J Trauma 2001;51:425-429.
18. McCaw DL, Jergens AE, Turrentine MA, et al. Effect of internal hemorrhage on fibrin(ogen) degradation products in canine blood. Am J Vet Res 1986;47:1620-1621.