title: [Differentiated prognosis in the colicky horse].
abstract: In a retrospective study on 271 horses with colic the prediction about the outcome of the disease was made by a discriminating analysis. The best combination of quantitative prognostic parameters was capillary refill time, hematocrit, lactate and anion gap, with 90% correct predictions. In comparison with individually prognostic parameters, the combined prognosis constantly reached a higher percentage of correct predictions, the exact value resulting in 89%. Moreover, survival was better predictable than death.
authors.affiliation: I. Medizinischen Tierklinik, Tierärztlichen Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ebert
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D006400:Hematocrit; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates