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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Medical records of 23 dogs and 3 cats treated for noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) resulting from airway obstruction (n = 8), cranial trauma (7), electric shock (7), or seizures (4) between 1987 and 1993 were reviewed. There were 18 purebred dogs, 5 mixed-breed dogs, 2 domestic shorthair cats, and 1 Siamese. Sixteen animals were male, and 10 were female. All but 7 were less than 1 year old. Time between the inciting incident and onset of respiratory tract signs ranged from minutes to several hours. Respiratory distress was the primary clinical sign for all animals with NPE resulting from airway obstruction, cranial trauma, or seizures, and for 2 of the 7 animals with NPE resulting from electric shock. The only consistent clinicopathologic abnormality was hyperglycemia, which was detected in 12 animals. Arterial blood gas partial pressures were measured in 11 animals; 10 were hypoxemic. On thoracic radiographs, the predominant pattern of pulmonary infiltration was alveolar. Symmetry of involvement, which was assessed by examining dorsoventral or ventrodorsal radiographic projections, could be determined for 23 animals. In 18, involvement was asymmetric, and in 13 of those 18, the right side was predominantly involved. On lateral radiographic projections, the caudodorsal quadrant of the lung field was involved primarily or as part of a diffuse distribution in all but 1 animal. Generally, animals with NPE resulting from airway obstruction had the greatest degree of radiographic involvement, followed in decreasing order, by animals with NPE resulting from cranial trauma, animals with NPE resulting from seizures, and animals with NPE resulting from electric shock. Overall, 9 animals died.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-1488
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
206
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1732-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema in dogs and cats: 26 cases (1987-1993)
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Studies, Veterinary Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6010, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article