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In this article we provide a state‐of‐the‐art overview of suspected risk factors for pancreatitis in dogs, allowing for improved awareness and detection of potential dog‐specific risk factors, which might guide the development of disease prevention strategies.
The prognosis in mild cases of pancreatitis is good, but the prognosis in severe cases of pancreatitis is guarded in both dogs and cats. Systemic complications such as hypothermia, acidosis, hypocalcemia, and single- or multiple-organ failure are considered risk factors for a poor outcome.
Chronic pancreatitis should be considered as a potential differential diagnosis in any dog with chronic gastrointestinal signs, where an underlying cause cannot be readily identified. A careful history should be taken and a thorough physical examination should be completed.
1 lis 2023 · Pancreatitis resulting in extrahepatic biliary obstruction (EHBO) can cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is utilized for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in humans; however, this is not available in veterinary medicine.
Pancreatitis in dogs shows a spectrum of disease from mild, subclinical to acute, necrotising and fatal. Pancreatitis is classified based on histopathological appearance. There is no ‘gold standard’ for histological description of pancreatitis in animals (unlike the liver).
7 lis 2019 · The cause for pancreatitis in an individual dog is typically idiopathic, but several risk factors have been suggested, including dietary indiscretion, obesity, and endocrine diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hyperadrenocorticism, and hypothyroidism and hypertriglyceridemia (2-5).
12 lut 2024 · Key clinical data: Dogs treated with fuzapladib sodium have been shown to have a significant reduction in the modified canine activity index (MCAI) score from day 0 to 3, relative to a control population. 5 The MCAI is a clinical severity score that has been used in a prior study of pancreatitis in dogs. 6 The clinical severity scoring system ...
