Table 1.
Treatment with glucocorticoids pre or at admittance
| No dogs(%) | Number of treatments |
Dosage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No treatment | 31 (60%) | - | - | - |
| Pre admittance | 5 (10%) | betamethasone p.o.1 | Once | 0,1-0,25 mg/kg |
| 1 (2%) | prednisolone inj2 | Once | 0,6 mg/kg | |
| 1 (2%) | prednislone p.o3 | Once | 1 mg/kg | |
| At admittance | 11 (21%) | prednisolone inj2 | Once | 1-2 mg/kg |
| 2 (4%) | prednisolone inj2 | 2 -5 days | 0,2-2 mg/kg | |
| 3 (6%) | prednisolon p.o3 | Once | 1-1,25 mg/kg | |
Two of the dogs treated at admittance had earlier been treated by the dog owner.
1 betamethasone (Betapred™ 0.5 mg, tablets, Swedish Orphan, Stockholm, Sweden)
2 prednisolone acetat (Prednisolonacetat Vet. 10 mg/ml, injection, Intervet, Danderyd, Sweden)
3 prednisolone (Prednisolon Pfizer, 2,5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, tablets, Pfizer AB, Sollentuna, Sweden)