title: The value of arterial blood pressure measurement in assessing the prognosis in equine colic.
abstract: Indirect arterial blood pressure was determined on 33 horses prior to surgical intervention for the diagnosis and/or correction of acute abdominal disorders and a relationship between low systolic blood pressure and non-survival was established. It is suggested that blood pressure determination should be used to augment other methods of clinical and laboratory examination in cases of equine colic.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000662:veterinary*; D003085:Colic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D006736:Horses; D011379:Prognosis