Table 1.
Data about the different aetiological groups of dyspnoeic cats
| Cause | Number | Age in years, mean (sd) | Duration of clinical signs before presentation (days), median (25 to 75 percentiles) | Length of hospitalisation in days, median (25 to 75 percentiles) | Respiratory rate on admission in breaths per minute, mean (sd) | Emergency referral (per cent of cases) | Survival to discharge (per cent) | Heart rate per minute (mean ± sd) | Presence of heart murmur | Presence of diastolic gallop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac | 34 | 6·40 (4·0) | 7 (3 to 28) | 2 (1 to 4) | 51·96 (23·7) | 74 | 67·6 | 203·6 ± 33·3 | 15/23 | 10/23 |
| Respiratory | 29 | 4·06 (4·4) | 17·5 (11 to 90) | 3 (2 to 7) | 40·00 (17·6) | 32 | 75·9 | 161·8 ± 36·6 | 6/22 | 2/22 |
| Neoplastic | 18 | 10·17 (3·3) | 21 (13 to 60) | 3 (2 to 5·5) | 45·53 (18·2) | 47 | 33·3 | 146·8 ± 18·1 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
| Traumatic | 8 | 3·83 (4·1) | 2·5 (1 to 12) | 4 (2 to 8·5) | 38·67 (16·1) | 100 | 62·5 | 160·0 ± 33·7 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| P<0·001 | P<0·001 | P=0·079 ns | P=0·154, ns | P<0·001 | P=0·027 | P<0·001 | P=0·0002 | P=0·009 |
sd Standard deviation, ns Not significant