[A multifactorial risk index for evaluation of anesthetic risk in dogs: the LeiV-Risk-Index].

Objective: The Leipzig Veterinary Risk-Index - "LeiV-Risk-Index" is a multifactorial risk index developed to enable an improved objective assessment of the anesthetic risk in dogs. The scoring system is based on 10 risk factors affecting perioperative mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of the LeiV-Risk-Index and its risk factors as well as to perform a direct comparison with the ASA-classification.

[Study on preanesthetic risk evaluation in dogs using the ASA-classification system in Germany].

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of anesthetic risk evaluation in dogs by using the ASA-classification system (ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists). In human medicine, several studies criticize ranking patients prior to anesthesia via the ASA-classification due to its subjectivity and substantial variance. This study intends to detect and analyze possible comparable effects when applying the ASA-classification system to dogs.

[Multiple choristoma and a myelolipoma in a Sheltie].

An 11-year-old female Sheltie was presented with inappetence and a progressive increase in abdominal distention. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a large cystic mass in the midabdomen and cystic lesions in the right liver lobe and in the caudal pole of the left kidney. Histopathologic examination of the resected tissue revealed a myelolipoma of the spleen, dispersed splenic tissue in the liver and dispersed uterine and salpinx tissues in the kidney.