Table 2.
Paired pre- and postoperative haematological data for cats that underwent surgical attenuation of a congenital portosystemic shunt
| Variable | Cats (n) | RI | Preoperative assessment |
Postoperative assessment |
P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Median | Range | Mean | SD | Median | Range | ||||
| RBCs (×1012/l) | 21 | 5.0–10.0 | 8.9 | 1.0 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 0.533 | ||||
| Hb (g/dl) | 21 | 8.0–15.0 | 10.2 | 8.5–13.0 | 11.7 | 7.9–14.3 | 0.058 | ||||
| HCT (%) | 21 | 24.0–45.0 | 32.1 | 4.3 | 34.6 | 5.5 | 0.044 | ||||
| MCV (fl) | 21 | 39.0–55.0 | 35.3 | 31.6–44.0 | 37.5 | 33.6–46.6 | 0.008 | ||||
| MCH | 21 | 13.0–17.5 | 12.2 | 10.2–14.3 | 13.1 | 10.8–37.3 | 0.002 | ||||
| MCHC (g/dl) | 21 | 30.0–36.0 | 33.7 | 29.1–37.9 | 32.7 | 25.4–37.0 | 0.434 | ||||
| RBCDW (%) | 20 | 21.1 | 17.8–29.7 | 21.0 | 16.0–23.9 | 0.322 | |||||
| Platelets (×109/dl) | 20 | 200.0–800.0 | 234.0 | 32.9–747.0 | 178.5 | 33.1–684.0 | 0.881 | ||||
| WBCs (×109/dl) | 21 | 5.5–19.5 | 10.7 | 6.3–18.7 | 9.3 | 4.8–42.0 | 0.498 | ||||
| Neutrophils (×109/dl) | 21 | 2.5–12.5 | 7.0 | 3.3–11.6 | 4.7 | 1.8–16.8 | 0.140 | ||||
| Lymphocytes (×109/dl) | 21 | 1.5–7.0 | 3.0 | 0.6–6.3 | 3.34 | 1.3–30.2 | 0.931 | ||||
| Monocytes (×109/dl) | 21 | 0.0–1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0–0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0–39.0 | 0.848 | ||||
| Eosinophils (×109/dl) | 21 | 0.0–1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0–1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0–1.8 | 0.063 | ||||
| Basophils (×109/dl) | 21 | 0.0–0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0–8.91 | 0.326 | ||||
RI = reference interval; RBCs = red blood cells; Hb = haemoglobin; HCT = haematocrit; MCV = mean cell volume; MCH = mean cell haemoglobin; MCHC = mean cell haemoglobin concentration; RBCDW = red blood cell distribution width; WBCs = white blood cells