[The diagnostic value of venous blood gas parameters and pH value in newborn foals with pulmonary diseases].
Analysis of blood gases in equine neonatology is regarded as a diagnostic tool to study the neonatal adaptation period. Aim of this study therefore was to compare the diagnostic value of venous blood gas parameters to arterial parameters in newborn foals with pulmonary disorders. Venous as well as arterial blood samples were taken from 24 foals (1 to 6 days old) and the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), pH, and oxygen parturition (S-O2) of these samples were investigated. In addition, the alveolar (A) to arterial (a) gradients (A-aDO2) were calculated. Due to changes in blood gas parameters during the first week postnatal the age was taken into consideration by using covariance analysis. All arterial parameters except paCO2 showed a significant difference among healthy foals (n = 15) and foals with respiratory disorders (n = 11) with A-aDO2 and paO2 being the most reliable arterial parameters. In venous blood there was a significant difference between healthy and sick foals only in S-O2 and pH.
Hauser
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Klinik für Geburtshilfe, Gynäkologie und Andrologie der Gross- und Kleintiere mit Tierärztlicher Ambulanz, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
Wehrend
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Bostedt
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Failing
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D012016:Reference Values
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen