Evaluation of clinical and laboratory variables as prognostic indicators in hospitalised gastrointestinal colic horses

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 109-118

  Ihler, Carl F ^a   Venger, Jostein Larsen ^a   Skjerve, Eystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical and laboratory variables; Colic; Epidemiology; Horse; Hospital; Logistic regression; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLIC; CYANOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPEREMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MUCOSA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COLIC; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 6344221529     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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