ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2023
Association between the COVID-19 global pandemic and the prevalence of cats presenting with urethral obstruction at two university veterinary emergency rooms.
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- Clinical Urgency of After-Hours Presentations of Dogs and Cats to a Private Small-Animal Practice in Germany: A Retrospective Study of 4579 Visits.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Retrospective analysis of teletriage and teleadvice administered to 1,575 dogs with gastrointestinal signs.Open veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Pandemic predisposing influence for feline lower urinary disorders.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Incidence of feline idiopathic cystitis and urethral obstruction during COVID-19 human movement restrictions in Queensland, Australia.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate a potential association between the COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home orders and the prevalence of emergency room presentations for urethral obstruction (UO) in feline patients.
methodsMedical records and hospital census were retrospectively searched to identify the total number of cats and total number of male cats with UO presenting to two academic veterinary medical centers from 22 March to 10 August in the years 2018 (123), 2019 (137) and 2020 (175). Cats were grouped based on the year of presentation and the proportions of UO cases relative to all cats presenting to the emergency rooms during the same time frame. Absolute (year of interest - reference year) and relative ([year of interest - reference year]/[reference year]) change in prevalence was determined. These were compared for each year using a two-sample
resultsThe absolute and relative prevalence of UO presentations across the combined population increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison with 2018 (2.2% and 59%, respectively; CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The results of this study demonstrate an increased prevalence of UO during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may be related to environmental change and stress imposed by stay-at-home orders.
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