title: [The short- and long-term results of the "Intensive Care" of 160 sick neonatal foals].
abstract: The short- and long-term results of admission to the 'Neonatal Intensive Care Unit' (ICU) at the Department of Equine Sciences of the Utrecht University were evaluated. The patients were categorized, based on specific criteria, into different groups: 'Sepsis', 'Pneumonia', 'Enteritis', 'Asphyxia', 'Premature', 'Isoerythrolysis', and 'Equine herpes virus (EHV)'. The survival rate and mean duration of hospitalization were determined for each group. The venous blood variables at admission were compared for 'surviving' and 'non-surviving' foals within groups, between groups, and for the overall group. From 1992 to 2001, 160 critically ill foals (younger than 7 days) were admitted to the ICU. Thirty-six percent of the foals survived. The mean duration of hospitalization was 6.6 days for the 'surviving' foals and 3.0 days for the 'non-surviving' foals. The pCO2 appeared to the the most important diagnostic and prognostic variable. The results of a telephone questionnaire (owner response of 81 %) revealed that in the long term 60% of the surviving foals lived up to the owner's expectations.
authors.affiliation: Destijds Faculteit der Diergeneeskunde, nu Paardenkliniek 'Heierhoeve', Heier- kerkweg 8a, 5928 RM Venlo.
authors.forename: S E M
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Welschen
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: de Bruijn
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002423:Cause of Death; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide