Wound Management

Garzotto, Caroline K.

doi:10.1016/b978-1-4557-0306-7.00139-2

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“…Bite wounds (BW) are one of the most common types of traumatic injury in animals and have been reported to be the second most common cause of trauma in cats, accounting for 15–20% of traumatic presentations in this species . Bite wounds can be associated with either penetrating or blunt trauma . Canine jaws can generate up to 450 psi, resulting in severe damage .…”

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Clinicopathologic abnormalities associated with increased animal triage trauma score in cats with bite wound injuries: 43 cases (1998–2009)

Lyons

Ateca

Otto

2019

J Vet Emergen Crit Care

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Objective: To document the clinical and clinicopathologic changes in cats presenting with trauma from bite wounds, identify common abnormalities associated with bite wounds, and to determine whether the calculated animal trauma triage (ATT) score is related to any clinicopathologic abnormalities.Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: University veterinary teaching hospital.Animals: Forty-three client-owned cats that presented for bite wounds to a large, urban, veterinary hospital between 1998 and 2009. Interventions: None.Measurements and main results: Pertinent history, physical examination findings, results of biochemical testing, and outcome were extracted from medical records. Animal triage trauma score was calculated based on the physical examination at presentation in cats with adequate available information. Patients were classified as having either a low (<5) ATT (n = 20) or a high (≥5) ATT (n = 23) score. Male cats were overrepresented (65.1%), and a majority of cats had outdoor access (53.4%). Low venous blood pH (P = 0.047), high plasma lactate concentration (P = 0.018), and low ionized calcium concentration (P = 0.004) were associated with higher ATT scores. Conclusions:There is a significant association between low venous blood pH, high plasma lactate concentration, and low ionized calcium concentration and higher ATT scores at presentation in cats suffering from bite wounds. Early recognition of these abnormalities may help to identify more severely injured patients. K E Y W O R D Scats, ionized hypocalcemia, lactic acidosis, trauma wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/vec J Vet Emerg Crit Care. 2019;29:296-300.

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