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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2020

The effect of prior thecal puncture on cerebrospinal fluid analytes in normal adult horses.

Hayley Chidlow, Steeve Giguère, Melinda Camus, Bridgette Wells, Roy Berghaus, Erin McConachie Beasley

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hayley ChidlowDepartment of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-1613
Steeve GiguèreDepartment of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Melinda CamusDepartment of Pathology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Bridgette WellsDepartment of Pathology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Roy BerghausDepartment of Population Health, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Erin McConachie BeasleyDepartment of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Georgia College & State University · US

Funding

UGA CVM Veterinary Medical Experiment Station
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSerial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis might be required in clinical neurologic disease. The effect of lumbosacral (LS) or cervical (C1-C2) centesis on subsequent CSF cytologic analyses has not been investigated in horses.

objectiveTo evaluate the effect of thecal puncture on subsequent CSF analyses ANIMALS: Ten healthy adult horses.

methodsProspective study. Horses were randomly assigned to undergo CSF collection twice, 14 days apart, from either the C1-C2 or LS space. After a 4-month washout period, CSF collection was repeated from the alternate site. Continuous data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models and count data using mixed-effects negative binomial regression. Statistical significance was set at P < .05.

resultsThere was no significant effect of collection day (day 0 or day 14) for any CSF analytes, including protein concentration (C1-C2: 45 [95% CI: 33-57] mg/dL day 0 vs 49 [95% CI: 39-62] mg/dL day 14, P = .12; LS: 64 [95% CI: 41-100] mg/dL day 0 vs 83 [95% CI: 53-129] mg/dL day 14, P = .37), or nucleated cell count (C1-C2: 2 [95% CI: 1-4] cells/μL day 0 vs 3 [95% CI: 1-4] cells/μL day 14, P = .65; LS: 3 [95% CI: 2-5] cells/μL day 0 vs 5 [95% CI: 3-8] cells/μL day 14, P = .10). There was no significant difference in EPM titer or EPM serum : CSF ratio between days 0 and 14. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Repeat thecal puncture from the LS or C1-C2 space 2 weeks apart does not appear to impact CSF analytes.

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Horse DiseasesPuncturesAnimalsCerebrospinal FluidHorsesProspective Studiesequineneurologic diseaserepeat CSF collection

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