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Arterial Blood Gases in Dogs with Bacterial Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Wingfield Wayne E.,
Matteson Vicki L.,
Hackett Timothy,
Walton Ronald,
Lagutchik Michael
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1476-4431
pISSN - 1479-3261
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-4431.1997.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - medicine , arterial blood , hypoxemia , pneumonia , arterial blood gas analysis , respiratory acidosis , acidosis , blood gas analysis , anesthesia , bacterial pneumonia
Summary The purpose of this study is to report the aterial blood gas findings in dogs with bacterial pneumonia. Arterial blood gas samples were collected from 62 dogs with culture‐confirmed bacterial pneumonia. These results were compared with 46 normal dog arterial blood gas samples. Results demonstrated that respiratory acidosis was not a problem in dogs with pneumonia in this study. Significant evidence of hypoxemia was noted with abnormal mean values in PaO 2 (P<0.001) and the Alveolar‐arterial (A‐α) gradient (P<0.001).