Retrospective evaluation of jugular venous blood variables and mortality in critically ill hospitalized cats.

Objective: To evaluate clinicopathological variables associated with hospital mortality in critically ill cats with compromised hemodynamics and tissue hypoperfusion.

Design: Retrospective observational study.

Setting: Private referral center.

Tidal volume in mechanically ventilated dogs: can human strategies be extrapolated to veterinary patients?

This paper compares and describes the tidal volume (Vt) used in mechanically ventilated dogs under a range of clinical conditions. Twenty-eight dogs requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) were classified into 3 groups: healthy dogs mechanically ventilated during surgery (group I, n = 10), dogs requiring MV due to extra-pulmonary reasons (group II, n = 7), and dogs that required MV due to pulmonary pathologies (group III, n = 11). The median used in each group was 16 mL/kg (interquartile range [IQR], 15.