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. 2020 Apr 17;7:165. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00165

Table 2.

Signalment, diagnoses, length of hospitalization, post-procedural complications, outcomes, and CT disease severity scores in 17 dogs undergoing thoracic computed tomography and bronchoalveolar lavage to evaluate lower respiratory tract disease stratified into groups by arterial partial pressure of oxygen to fractional inspired oxygen ratio.

Dog Age (years) Sex Breed Diagnoses LOH (days) Post-procedural complications Outcome CT group
ABG Group 1 (P:F >300) 1 4 FS Labrador Retriever Suspect parasitic pneumonia (Trichinella) 6 None Survived to discharge 2
2 15 FS Mixed Breed TC, MSB collapse, BM, bronchiectasis/bronchiolectasis, MVD/tricuspid valve degeneration, PH, solitary lung nodule 3 None Survived to discharge 2
3 14 MN Shih Tzu Laryngeal collapse, TC, MSB, BM, bronchiolectasis, CB, solitary lung cyst 4 Mild Survived to discharge 1
4 10 FS Boxer PVOD 1 None Euthanized 2
5 4 FS Great Dane Bacterial pneumonia (E. coli) 1 None Survived to discharge 1
6 10 MN Mixed Breed TC, MSB, BM, MVD with LA enlargement, PH, CB 1 None Survived to discharge 2
7 7 MN English Pointer Pulmonary adenocarcinoma (intrapulmonary metastasis) with hemorrhage and necrosis, heartworms in arteries, intralymphatic tumor emboli 1 None Survived to discharge 2
8 2 MN American Staffordshire Terrier Bronchiectasis/bronchiolectasis suspected secondary to recurrent AP (latter not present at time of CT) 1 None Survived to discharge 1
9 13 FS Miniature Pinscher Bronchiectasis, bronchomalacia, CB, acute canine infectious respiratory disease complex (Bordetella) 1 Mild Survived to discharge 1
ABG Group 2 (P:F ≤300) 10 9 MN Mixed Breed TC, MSB collapse, BM, lymphoma of sternal lymph nodes, consolidation due to either lymphoma or AP 3 None Euthanized 2
11 2 MN Miniature Schnauzer CB and bronchiolitis, necrotizing pneumonia 1 None Survived to discharge 2
12 10 FS Miniature Schnauzer Histiocytic sarcoma 3 None Survived to discharge 1
13 1 FS Standard Poodle Eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy 3 None Died 2
14 11 FS Weimaraner Pulmonary carcinoma with intrapulmonary metastasis, lung cysts, PTE 3 None Survived to discharge 2
15 9 FS Shih Tzu CB, bronchomalacia, bronchiectasis, secondary mycoplasma bronchitis 1 None Survived to discharge 2
16 13 MN Mixed Breed Dysphagia/macro-aspiration with repetitive AP; BM, bronchiectasis 1 None Survived to discharge 2
17 9 FS Pembroke Welsh Corgi PH, secondary bacterial pneumonia, TC, uncharacterized bronchiolar disease, suspect pulmonary fibrosis 4 Moderate to severe Survived to discharge 1

AP, aspiration pneumonia; BM, bronchomalacia; CB, chronic bronchitis; FS, female spayed; LOH, length of hospitalization; MN, male neutered; MSB, main stem bronchi; MVD, myxomatous valvular degeneration; PH, pulmonary hypertension; PTE, pulmonary thromboembolism; PVOD, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease; TC, tracheal collapse.