The value of arterial blood pressure measurement in assessing the prognosis in equine colic.
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.
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