Your monthly update and overview of recently released veterinary studies
Welcome to our monthly VetLit Clinical Publication update, where Dr Simon Cook, founder of VetLit.org, provides an overview and update on recently released studies from a wide range of veterinary publications.
This month, you’ll find TWO studies of interest.
1. Study: Retrospective Evaluation of Risk Factors and Outcome in Dogs With and Without Fluid Overload During Hospitalization (JIVM)
About the Study
We often say, based on definitions in people, that gaining 10% of bodyweight beyond a normally hydrated weight constitutes fluid overload. And with it comes a host of complications. But there is not much published in the area.
This group identified animals with peripheral oedema, evidence of pulmonary oedema, and cavitary effusions while receiving fluids, when these were attributed to fluid overload by the clinician in charge. They documented that this clinical state of fluid overload was often present without the 10% in weight gain.
Categories of disease associated with fluid overload included cardiovascular, protein losing nephropathy, AKI, CKD and metabolic or gastrointestinal disease. (Compared to groups with neurological disease or surgical patients, for example). Table 1 provides an accessible summary of findings.
Outcome was worse in the fluid overload group, and while fluids can’t be inferred as causative, the study highlights the populations which we would clinically consider to be at risk, and just how easy it is for them to be overloaded when you look at the similarities in fluid prescriptions between them and control dogs that did not develop fluid overload.
Read the Full Report Here:
2. Successful conservative management of urinary tract rupture in dogs and cats: 52 cases (2003-2024) (JSAP)
This study documents the types of urogenital tract rupture that might lend themselves to conservative management – ie where direct surgical repair of the rupture site itself was not performed.
Perhaps the main points of interest are the ruptures occurring in urethrally obstructed cats, with or without cystocentesis. (Of the 17 cases of bladder ruptures post-cysto, 13 were in urethrally obstructed cats). Bladder ruptures in cats can resolve with conservative management, as can urethral tears; however, being aware of the risks of infection and stricture formation is crucial if you opt for this approach.
Read the Full Report Here:
Successful conservative management of urinary tract rupture in dogs and cats: 52 cases (2003-2024)
