Publications by authors named "S J Viitanen"
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- A study investigated acute non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema in drever dogs associated with hunting, focusing on the role of alveolar surfactant.
- Researchers compared seven affected drever dogs with seven healthy dogs from other breeds, conducting various clinical evaluations and surfactant analysis.
- Results indicated no significant differences in surfactant properties between the groups, suggesting that the pulmonary edema in drever dogs is not due to surfactant dysfunction.
Novel biomarkers are needed in diagnosing reliably acute kidney injury (AKI) in dogs and in predicting morbidity and mortality after AKI. Our hypothesis was that two novel tubular biomarkers, urinary clusterin (uClust) and cystatin B (uCysB), are elevated in dogs with AKI of different etiologies. In a prospective, longitudinal observational study, we collected serum and urine samples from 18 dogs with AKI of different severity and of various etiology and from 10 healthy control dogs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a useful biomarker in humans in the identification of bacterial respiratory infections.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of serum PCT measurements as a diagnostic biomarker in canine bacterial lower respiratory tract diseases.
Methods: PCT concentrations were measured in serum samples with an ELISA method previously validated for dogs.
Hemophilia A is the most common inherited coagulation factor disorder in dogs. It manifests as excessive bleeding resulting from pathogenic variants in the X-chromosomal F8 gene encoding coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) protein. In this study, we performed careful clinical phenotyping to confirm hemophilia A in two distinct Labrador Retriever (LR) pedigrees.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Follicular cystitis is an uncommon inflammatory change in the urinary bladder wall characterized by the formation of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) in the submucosa.
Objectives: To characterize clinical and pathologic features of follicular cystitis in dogs and to explore in situ distribution and possible role of Escherichia coli as an associated cause.
Animals: Eight dogs diagnosed with follicular cystitis and 2 control dogs.