Use of computed tomography for evaluation of lung-lesions associated with spontaneous pneumothorax in dogs: 12 cases (1999-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 733-737

  Au, Jennifer J ^a,c   Weisman, Debra L ^a   Stefanacci, Joseph D ^a,b   Palmisano, Matthew P ^a  

^a VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral Emergency Center   (United States)

^b Long Island Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BLEB; LUNG BULLA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33644807291     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.5.733     Document Type: Review

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