Postoperative pulmonary complications in dogs undergoing laparotomy: Frequency, characterization and disease-related risk factors

Agriculture & Biology

• laparotomy 100%
• risk factors 74%
• lungs 60%
• dogs 57%
• peritonitis 17%
• vomiting 15%
• animals 13%
• surgery 12%
• acute respiratory distress syndrome 11%
• therapeutics 9%
• duration 8%
• pneumonia 6%
• respiratory tract diseases 6%
• clinical trials 6%
• morbidity 6%
• hypoxia 5%
• oxygen 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Laparotomy 69%
• Postoperative Complications 65%
• Dogs 54%
• Lung 40%
• Peritonitis 12%
• Animals 12%
• Vomiting 10%
• Hypoventilation 8%
• Animal Hospitals 8%
• Preexisting Condition Coverage 7%
• Survival 7%
• Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome 6%
• Duration of Therapy 5%
• Teaching Hospitals 5%
• Lung Diseases 5%
• Intensive Care Units 5%
• Pneumonia 5%
• Hypoxia 4%
• Hospitalization 4%
• Oxygen 4%
• Clinical Studies 4%
• Retrospective Studies 4%
• Pathology 4%
• Morbidity 3%
• Mortality 3%
• Population 2%
• Therapeutics 1%