Study of the clinical effects of postoperative parenteral nutrition in 15 horses.
Several clinical variables were compared in two groups of 15 horses recovering from resection and anastomosis of a strangulated small intestine; 15 were treated with parenteral nutrition and 15 were starved routinely. There was some evidence that parenteral nutrition had a short-lived adverse effect on both the catheter sites and gastric emptying, but there were no marked adverse clinical effects and no evidence of any improvement in the horses' condition.
Durham
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The Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire GU30 7JG.
Phillips
T J
TJ
Walmsley
J P
JP
Newton
J R
JR
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000662:veterinary*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016896:Treatment Outcome