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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine

Breath characteristics and adventitious lung sounds in healthy and asthmatic horses.

Eloïse Greim, Jan Naef, Sophie Mainguy-Seers, Jean-Pierre Lavoie, Sophie Sage, Gaudenz Dolf, Vinzenz Gerber

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine. 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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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eloïse GreimSwiss Institute of Equine Medicine (ISME), Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8110-3682
Jan NaefSwiss Institute of Equine Medicine (ISME), Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Sophie Mainguy-SeersFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4768-6674
Jean-Pierre LavoieFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-2102
Sophie SageSwiss Institute of Equine Medicine (ISME), Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6945-070X
Gaudenz DolfSwiss Institute of Equine Medicine (ISME), Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Vinzenz GerberSwiss Institute of Equine Medicine (ISME), Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHCegep de Saint Hyacinthe · CA

Funding

Institut Suisse de Médecine Équine 33-890Stiftung Pro Pferd PR2022-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStandard thoracic auscultation suffers from limitations, and no systematic analysis of breath sounds in asthmatic horses exists.

objectivesFirst, characterize breath sounds in horses recorded using a novel digital auscultation device (DAD). Second, use DAD to compare breath variables and occurrence of adventitious sounds in healthy and asthmatic horses. ANIMALS: Twelve healthy control horses (ctl), 12 horses with mild to moderate asthma (mEA), 10 horses with severe asthma (sEA) (5 in remission [sEA-], and 5 in exacerbation [sEA+]).

methodsProspective multicenter case-control study. Horses were categorized based on the horse owner-assessed respiratory signs index. Each horse was digitally auscultated in 11 locations simultaneously for 1 hour. One-hundred breaths per recording were randomly selected, blindly categorized, and statistically analyzed.

resultsDigital auscultation allowed breath sound characterization and scoring in horses. Wheezes, crackles, rattles, and breath intensity were significantly more frequent, higher (P < .001, P < .01, P = .01, P < .01, respectively) in sEA+ (68.6%, 66.1%, 17.7%, 97.9%, respectively), but not in sEA- (0%, 0.7%, 1.3%, 5.6%) or mEA (0%, 1.0%, 2.4%, 1.7%) horses, compared to ctl (0%, 0.6%, 1.8%, -9.4%, respectively). Regression analysis suggested breath duration and intensity as explanatory variables for groups, wheezes for tracheal mucus score, and breath intensity and wheezes for the 23-point weighted clinical score (WCS23). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: The DAD permitted characterization and quantification of breath variables, which demonstrated increased adventitious sounds in sEA+. Analysis of a larger sample is needed to determine differences among ctl, mEA, and sEA- horses.

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AsthmaHorse DiseasesAnimalsAuscultationCase-Control StudiesHorsesProspective StudiesRespiratory Soundsbreath intensitycracklesdigital auscultationequine asthmarattleswheeze

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