title: The equine neonatal intensive care laboratory: point-of-care testing.
abstract: Rapid evaluation and intervention is a requirement and a characteristic of patient management in neonatal intensive care units, and this applies for equine neonates also. Appropriate interventions are based on solid knowledge of age, maturity, and species-specific differences in reference ranges. Point-of-care (POC) testing devices speedup decision making regarding treatments and interventions. However, there are potential limitations of these devices when applied to age groups and species beyond those they were specifically developed for. This article discusses the age-specific differences in the reference ranges and the potential limitations of POC devices currently used, which may affect delivery of care.
authors.affiliation: Equine Medicine and Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 61802, USA. pawilkin@ad.uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D001786:Blood Glucose; D006403:Hematologic Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006736:Horses; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D013045:Species Specificity; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D019344:Lactic Acid