Outcome of and prognostic indicators for dogs and cats with pneumoperitoneum and no history of penetrating trauma: 54 Cases (1988-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-255

  Smelstoys, Jennifer A ^a   Davis, Garrett J ^a,b   Learn, Amy E ^a,b   Shofer, Frances F ^a   Brown, Dorothy Cimino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RED BANK VETERINARY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 3142677863     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.251     Document Type: Review

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