Clinical data from critically ill human patients have failed to demonstrate an outcome advantage associated with colloidal fluid resuscitation and indicate that hydroxyethyl starch solutions may be associated with significant adverse effects, including acute kidney injury, need for renal replacement therapy, coagulopathies, and pathologic tissue uptake. The ability to apply these findings to veterinary patients is unknown; however, similar pathophysiology may apply, and critical re-evaluation of resuscitation strategies is justified.
Objective: To identify the prevalence of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) concentrations in critically ill dogs and determine whether vitamin D concentration measured at admission correlates with illness severity and patient outcome. Design: Prospective observational studySetting: Private referral teaching hospital ICU. Animals:One hundred eleven critically ill dogs admitted to the ICU, and 28 apparently healthy control dogs. Interventions: Measurement of 25-OH-D concentration and assessment of physiological parameters required to calculate illness severity scores. Measurements and Main Results: Blood was sampled to measure serum 25-OH-D concentration, point-of-care laboratory data (packed cell volume, total plasma protein, venous blood gas, electrolytes, plasma lactate, and blood glucose concentration), platelet count, and serum albumin within 12 hours of admission. Primary disease etiologies were determined. Mentation score, Acute Patient Physiologic and Laboratory Evaluation (APPLE) fast score, length of ICU hospitalization, and survival to discharge were recorded. Low serum 25-OH-D concentrations were detected in 25% (28/111) of the ICU cohort; 25-OH-D concentrations (median; IQR) (89.2; 26.3 ng/mL [222; 140.0 nmol/L]) were significantly lower in hospitalized dogs compared with the healthy cohort (127.5; 44.5 ng/mL [318; 111.0 nmol/L]) (P < 0.0001). Serum 25-OH-D concentrations had a weak positive correlation with albumin (r = 0.34, P = 0.0003), but not with any other blood analyte evaluated. Serum concentration of 25-OH-D was also weakly correlated with APPLE fast score (r = 0.31, P = 0.001). 25-OH-D concentrations (median; IQR) were significantly higher in ICU dogs that survived to discharge (95.5; 55 ng/mL [238; 137 nmol/L]) compared with nonsurvivors (60.0; 54 ng/mL [149; 135 nmol/L]; P < 0.001). Conclusions: Low serum 25-OH-D was recorded in one-quarter of critically ill dogs, and was significantly lower in nonsurvivors in comparison to survivors. There was weak correlation between serum 25-OH-D and illness severity. Further studies are required to clarify relationships between vitamin D status and outcome. K E Y W O R D S canine, clinical epidemiology, illness severity, outcome, vitamin D Abbreviations: 25-OH-D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; APPLE fast , Acute Patient Physiologic and Laboratory Evaluation fast score; DBP, vitamin D binding protein; IQR, interquartile range; LOH, length of hospitalization.
Objectives To determine if lyophilized canine‐specific albumin (CSA) can be stored beyond the manufacturer recommended 6 hours post‐reconstitution without significant concern for bacterial growth. Design Laboratory research. Setting Large private teaching hospital. Interventions Six bottles of lyophilized CSA were retrieved from a medical grade (4°C) refrigerator and were reconstituted with 0.9% NaCl to a 5% solution. Time to complete dissolution of all bottles at room temperature without agitation was recorded in minutes. A 1.5‐mL sample was collected from each bottle at the following time points: time 0 (at the time of complete dissolution), and then 6, 12, and 24 hours after removal from 4°C. Each aliquot was inoculated into a blood culture tube and was immediately submitted for aerobic and anaerobic bacterial culture. A positive and negative control were cultured at the 24‐hour time point. At each time point, an additional 0.5‐mL aliquot from each albumin bottle was collected, and these were combined to determine the average albumin concentration (g/L, g/dL) as measured by an in‐house analyzer. The albumin was stored at 4°C between sample collection. Measurements and Main Results The reconstitution of CSA and storage at 4°C for up to 24 hours did not result in anaerobic or aerobic bacterial growth in any of the 24 cultured samples. Storage did not have a clinically significant effect on the albumin concentration of the solution. The average albumin concentration of all samples was 42 g/L (4.2 g/dL). No growth was noted in the negative control, and the positive control grew 4 strains of bacteria. Conclusions It appears safe to use lyophilized CSA up to 24 hours post‐reconstitution without significant risk of bacterial growth or change in albumin concentration.
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