title: [Retrospective evaluation of urea and creatinine blood levels in calves with diarrhea].
abstract: Data of 393 calves treated for neonatal diarrhea as in-patients in the II. Medical Animal Clinic of the University of Munich were included in a retrospective study with special regard to the course and prognostic information of blood urea, blood creatinine, urea-creatinine-ratio, and PCV. Mean values, standard deviation and maximum values that were measured upon admission to the clinic: blood urea: 16.86 +/- 12.35; 75.70 mmol/l; blood creatinine: 260.3 +/- 204.4; 1610.2 mumol/l; urea-creatinine-ratio [both in mmol/l]: 70.28 +/- 36.38; 245.8; PCV: 41.66 +/- 9.1; 71.5% (mean +/- S.D). Even very high values for blood urea, blood creatinine, urea-creatinine-ratio, and PCV determined at admission yielded no prognostic information, but unchanged or higher urea values on the second day in the clinic were associated with a deterioration of prognosis.
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinische Tierklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wiest
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine