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ReviewThe Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice2020

Bacterial Pneumonia in Dogs and Cats: An Update.

Jonathan D Dear

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Review in The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Pulmonary botryomycosis in a cat.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2026
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  4. 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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  6. Canine and Feline Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies: A UK Multi-Centre Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  10. Evaluation of the V-gelVeterinary sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonathan D DearDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/jddear.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial pneumonia is a common clinical diagnosis in dogs but seems to occur less often in cats. Underlying causes include viral infection, aspiration injury, foreign body inhalation, and defects in clearance of respiratory secretions. Identification of the specific organisms involved in disease, appropriate use of antibiotics and adjunct therapy, and control of risk factors for pneumonia improve management.

Indexed as

Cat DiseasesDog DiseasesAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCatsDogsMalePneumonia, BacterialPrognosisRisk FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial pneumoniaCanineFelineLower airway diseaseLower respiratory tract infection

Identifiers

PMID31813555
PMCPMC7114575
OpenAlexW2993211946

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.