J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio)
December 2024
Objective: To retrospectively study the use of the human-based Trauma-Associated Severe Hemorrhage (TASH) score to predict transfusion needs and outcome in a population of traumatized dogs.
Measurements And Main Results: The TASH score (comprising sex, hemoglobin concentration, systolic blood pressure, abdominal effusion, heart rate, base excess [BE], and presence of pelvic/femoral fractures) was applied to 24 dogs presenting to a private veterinary hospital following trauma: 12 dogs that required transfusion of blood products and 12 age- and weight-matched controls that did not. Dogs that required transfusions demonstrated a significantly higher TASH score compared with dogs that did not (10.