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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2019

Evaluation of plasma angiopoietin-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in healthy dogs and dogs with systemic inflammatory response syndrome or sepsis.

Maya König, Alice Nentwig, Eliane Marti, Jelena Mirkovitch, Katja-Nicole Adamik, Simone Schuller

Open access · goldAbstract readObservational Study, Veterinary
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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sepsis in Dogs and Cats-Consensus Definition and Clinical Criteria.Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)
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  2. Diffuse alveolar damage, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Part 1: ARDS endotypes, including systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis, with dog and cat examples.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maya KönigDivision of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Alice NentwigEnnetSee Klinik, Hünenberg, Switzerland.
Eliane MartiDivision of Experimental Clinical Research, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Jelena MirkovitchDivision of Experimental Clinical Research, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Katja-Nicole AdamikEmergency and Critical Care Group, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Simone SchullerDivision of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHKlinik Rosenberg · DE

Funding

Department Clinical Veterinary Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty University Bern (Switzerland)Department Clinical Veterinary Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty University Bern (Switzerland) NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAngiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are regulators of endothelial permeability.

objectivePlasma concentrations of Ang-2 and VEGF are increased in dogs with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis and are correlated with disease severity and outcome. ANIMALS: Healthy dogs (n = 18) and client-owned dogs with SIRS (n = 34) or sepsis (n = 25).

methodsProspective observational study. Ang-2 and VEGF concentrations in admission plasma samples were compared between healthy dogs and dogs with SIRS or sepsis, and between survivors and non-survivors. Correlations with the acute patient physiologic and laboratory evaluation (APPLE

resultsMedian Ang-2 was significantly higher in dogs with SIRS (19.3; interquartile range [IQR]: 8.6-25.7 ng/mL) and sepsis (21.2; IQR: 10.3-30.1 ng/mL) compared to healthy dogs (7.6; IQR: 6.7-9.8 ng/mL). Ang-2 was significantly higher in non-survivors (24.1; IQR: 11.9-50.0 ng/mL) than survivors (10.2; IQR: 7.2-21.5 ng/mL) but did not correlate with the APPLE CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Ang-2 may represent a useful additional prognostic marker in dogs with SIRS.

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Angiopoietin-2AnimalsBiomarkersDog DiseasesDogsFemaleMaleProspective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySepsisSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAngiopoietin-2BiomarkersVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAPPLEfast scorebiomarkercanineinflammationoutcomeprognostic

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PMID30575998
PMCPMC6430886
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