Blood arginine vasopressin, adrenocorticotropin hormone, and cortisol concentrations at admission in septic and critically ill foals and their association with survival

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 639-647

  Hurcombe, S D A ^a   Toribio, R E ^a   Slovis, N ^b   Kohn, C W ^a   Refsal, K ^c   Saville, W ^a   Mudge, M C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; Mortality; Neonate; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 52449086922     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0090.x     Document Type: Article

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