Resource setting impacts neonatal but not maternal survival in bitches treated for dystocia: 243 cases (2015-2020).

Objective: To compare maternal and fetal outcomes of dystocia managed surgically and nonsurgically at referral hospitals (RHs) versus community medicine clinics (CMCs), determine the rate of C-section, and evaluate the incidence of hypoglycemia and hypocalcemia in bitches presented with dystocia.

Animals: Bitches presented with dystocia at 2 RHs and 2 CMCs.

Methods: Information on signalment, presence of hypoglycemia and/or hypocalcemia, diagnostic imaging performed, nonsurgical and surgical interventions performed, maternal and fetal outcomes, and total cost of care was obtained from the electronic medical records of bitches presenting for dystocia between October 2015 and October 2020.

Implementation of a postarrest debriefing tool in a veterinary university hospital.

Objective: To describe the use of a postarrest debriefing tool (DBT) within a university teaching hospital and to evaluate user perceptions of the tool.

Design: Observational study over a 1-year period and associated hospital clinical personnel survey.

Setting: University teaching hospital.