Incidence of and risk factors for postoperative pneumonia in dogs anesthetized for diagnosis or treatment of intervertebral disk disease

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Java, Melissa A ^a   Drobatz, Kenneth J ^a   Gilley, Robert S ^a   Long, Samuel N ^a   Kushner, Lynne I ^a,b   King, Lesley G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 69549120247     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.3.281     Document Type: Article

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