| Literature DB >> 27152040 |
Margaret Ann Scuderi1, Elizabeth Snead1, Susan Mehain1, Cheryl Waldner1, Tasha Epp1.
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between treatment protocol, survival to discharge, and relapse in 46 dogs diagnosed with primary immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP) at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine between 2000 and 2013. Treatment was at the discretion of the attending clinician and consisted of either a corticosteroid alone or a corticosteroid plus a secondary therapy. There was no association between survival to discharge and treatment protocol (P = 0.23). Of the surviving in-patients, 39% experienced a relapse. Our study failed to show a significant difference in survival and relapse based on treatment protocol.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27152040 PMCID: PMC4827743
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Vet J ISSN: 0008-5286 Impact factor: 1.008