Retrospective study of 871 dogs with thrombocytopenia.
Eight hundred and seventy-one dogs with thrombocytopenia were divided into the following five categories: immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (49; 5.6 per cent), thrombocytopenia caused by disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) (52; 6.0 per cent), thrombocytopenia caused by miscellaneous disorders (222; 25.5 per cent), neoplasia-associated thrombocytopenia (244; 28 per cent) and inflammatory/infectious thrombocytopenia (304; 34.9 per cent). The incidence of thrombocytopenia among the hospital population was 6.7 per cent. The dogs with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopenia caused by DIC had significantly (P<0.001) lower platelet counts (median 32.0 x 10(9)/l and 55.0 x 10(9)/l, respectively) than the dogs in the other three categories.
Botsch
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Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Stög 3, Fischbachau, Germany. vroni.botsch@waeschhausen.de
Küchenhoff
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Hartmann
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Hirschberger
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D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000662:veterinary; D001792:Blood Platelets; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*