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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2022

Serial evaluation of thoracic radiographs and acute phase proteins in dogs with pneumonia.

Julie Menard, Ian Porter, Assaf Lerer, Sarah Robbins, Philippa J Johnson, Robert Goggs

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julie MenardDepartment of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2700-2466
Ian PorterDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Assaf LererDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Sarah RobbinsDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Philippa J JohnsonDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4558-0745
Robert GoggsDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7446-6987
Cornell University · USUniversity of Calgary · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute phase proteins (APP) may guide treatment of pneumonia in dogs but correlations with radiographic abnormalities are poorly characterized.

objectivesDevelop a thoracic radiographic severity scoring system (TRSS), assess correlation of radiographic changes with APP concentrations, and compare time to APP and radiograph normalization with duration of antimicrobials treatment. ANIMALS: Sixteen client-owned dogs, 12 with aspiration pneumonia, and 4 with community-acquired pneumonia.

methodsConcentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA), and haptoglobin were measured on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 28, and 60 and orthogonal 2-view thoracic radiographs were obtained on days 1, 7, 14, 28, and 60. Treatment was clinician-guided and blinded to APP concentrations. Radiographic severity scores were assigned by blinded, randomized retrospective review by 2 board-certified radiologists with arbitration by a third radiologist.

resultsMedian (interquartile range [IQR]) time to normalization of CRP (7 days [7-14]) and SAA concentrations (7 days [7-14]) were shorter than antimicrobial treatment duration (17.5 days [14.5-33.5]; P = .001 and .002, respectively) and TRSS normalization (14 days [8.8-52], P = .02 and .02, respectively). The CRP and SAA concentrations were positively correlated with TRSS (CRP r CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Concentrations of CRP and SAA normalized before radiographic resolution and before clinicians discontinued antimicrobial treatment. The CRP and SAA concentrations may guide duration of antimicrobial treatment for dogs with pneumonia.

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Dog DiseasesPneumoniaAcute-Phase ProteinsAnimalsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinDogsHaptoglobinsSerum Amyloid A ProteinAcute-Phase ProteinsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinHaptoglobinsSerum Amyloid A Proteinantimicrobial treatmentCRPhaptoglobinrespiratory diseaseSAAscoring system

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