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 | |
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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.