Uroperitoneum in 32 foals: Influence of intravenous fluid therapy, infection, and sepsis

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 889-893

  Dunkel, Bettina ^a   Palmer, Jonathan E ^a   Olson, Kim N ^a   Boston, Ray C ^a   Wilkins, Pamela A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic complications; Electrolytes; Equine; Neonate; Urachus; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PERITONEAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CREATINE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 28444473833     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19[889:UIFIOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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