Effect of increased resistance on dynamic compliance assessed by two clinical monitors during volume-controlled ventilation: A test-lung study.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of increased respiratory system resistance (R) on dynamic compliance (C) assessed by the NM3 monitor (C) and the E-CAiOV module (C).

Study Design: Prospective laboratory study.

Methods: A training test lung (TTL) simulated the mechanical ventilation of a mammal with 50 and 300 mL tidal volumes in three conditions of R [normal (R), moderately increased (R) and severely increased (R)] and a wide range of clinically relevant C.

Evaluation of short-term risk factors associated with dehiscence and death following full-thickness incisions of the large intestine in cats: 84 cases (1993-2015).

Objective: To evaluate short-term risk factors associated with dehiscence and death in cats undergoing full-thickness large intestinal incisions.

Animals: 84 client-owned cats that had undergone full-thickness large intestinal incisions and for which information regarding outcome through postoperative day 7 was available.

Procedures: Medical records from 4 veterinary teaching hospitals were reviewed.

Evaluation of short-term outcomes and potential risk factors for death and intestinal dehiscence following full-thickness large intestinal incisions in dogs.

Objective: To determine complication rates for dogs in which full-thickness large intestinal incisions were performed, assess potential risk factors for death during hospitalization and for intestinal dehiscence following these surgeries, and report short-term mortality rates for these patients.

Animals: 90 dogs.

Procedures: Medical records of 4 veterinary referral hospitals were reviewed to identify dogs that underwent large intestinal surgery requiring full-thickness incisions.

Complications and outcomes associated with unilateral thyroidectomy in dogs with naturally occurring thyroid tumors: 156 cases (2003-2015).

Objective: To describe complications and outcomes of dogs undergoing unilateral thyroidectomy for the treatment of thyroid tumors.

Animals: 156 dogs undergoing unilateral thyroidectomy for a naturally occurring thyroid tumor.

Procedures: Dogs that underwent a unilateral thyroidectomy in 2003 through 2015 were included in a multi-institutional retrospective study.

Factors associated with postobstructive diuresis following decompressive surgery with placement of ureteral stents or subcutaneous ureteral bypass systems for treatment of ureteral obstruction in cats: 37 cases (2010-2014).

Objective: To describe postobstructive diuresis (POD) in cats undergoing surgical placement of ureteral stents or subcutaneous ureteral bypass systems for treatment of ureteral obstruction in cats and to identify factors associated with duration and maximum severity of POD.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 37 client-owned cats with ureteral obstruction treated between August 2010 and December 2014.