Establishment and evaluation of the fluid therapy in the treatment of diseases in dogs
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The objective of this study was to establish and evaluate fluid therapy for treatment of diseases in dogs. The study was conducted from 12/2022 to 05/2023 in Petcare and Nong Lam University Veterinary Hospitals, Ho Chi Minh City. The methodology involved assessing dehydration levels of 5%, 7%, 10 - 12%, & 15%, calculating the required fluid volume, and evaluating effects of fluid therapy in disease cases. A total of 251 cases included 95 cases at Petcare Veterinary Hospital and 156 cases at Nong Lam University Veterinary Hospital. The results showed that the digestive disease group had the highest rate at 63.75% in cases using fluid infusion, and the infectious diseases with the rate of 19.92%. Dehydration status of cases was most commonly observed at 5 - 10%, with the 10% level accounting for the highest rate at 37.85%, followed by 7% (29.48%), 5% (21.12%), and the 12% dehydration was the lowest rate (11.16%). The effects of fluid therapy on these cases showed a recovery rate of 67.73%, a disease remission rate of 15.14%, and a death rate of 17.13%. The average treatment duration was 6.49 days for recovery cases, 7.87 days for disease remission, and 4.49 days for death cases. The highest recovery rate was 31 - 35% at 7 - 10% dehydration levels while the death rate was as high as 55.81% at 10% dehydration. The treatment effects were high by using the fluid therapy that combined ringer lactate or saline 0.9% with glucose 5%.
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