title: Prognosis in equine colic: a study of individual variables used in case assessment.
abstract: The individual merit of the use of 43 variables to assess the prognosis of equine colic cases was examined. The following variables revealed highly significant (P less than 0.001) differences between cases which survived and those which died: blood pressure; heart rate; oral mucosal capillary refill time; degree of mental depression; venous haemoglobin concentration, haematocrit, erythrocyte count, urea concentration and lactate concentration; peritoneal fluid lactate concentration; and haematocrit/plasma protein and serum protein concentration ratios. Thus, in general, variables which assessed cardiovascular function were good prognostic guides.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001831:Body Temperature; D003085:Colic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006736:Horses; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply; D011379:Prognosis; D012007:Rectum; D012119:Respiration