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Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia is one of the most common immune-mediated hematologic disorders in dogs and cats. Part 1 of this 2-article series discusses pathophysiology and diagnosis of IMHA, including patient predilection, history and clinical signs, physical examination, diagnostics, and differential diagnoses.
13 paź 2021 · Microtiter plate direct antiglobulin test (DAT) results with two antiglobulins (goat anti-dog; GAD and rabbit anti-dog; RAD) and at three different temperatures (22, 37 and 4°C) for 126 dogs suspected to have immune-mediated hemolytic anemia.
This article is the second in a 2-part series discussing the diagnosis and management of immune-mediated hemolytic anemia in dogs and cats. The authors provide an overview of diagnostics and describe the therapeutic approaches for treating the disorder.
1 sie 2019 · PROCEDURES. Electronic record databases of a teaching hospital were searched to identify dogs with a diagnosis of nonregenerative anemia between 2004 and 2013.
Summary. AS DISCUSSEDin part one, fatality in dogs and cats can occur in the immediate postoperative recovery period (VN Times 11.10; October). Patient monitoring, the effects of anaesthesia, and pain and analgesia were also detailed.
The postoperative recovery period was found to be the highest risk period; 47% of dogs, and 61% of cat fatalities occurred during this time, and half of them within the first 3 hours. The main causes of death were from cardiovascular and respiratory complications.
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an emerging treatment for dogs with immune‐mediated diseases, but reports for treatment of immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia (IMT) are lacking. These case reports illustrate the application of centrifugal TPE in 4 dogs with IMT.
