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Published on: September 7, 2018
Outcome based on treatment protocol in patients with primary canine immune-mediated thrombocytopenia: 46 cases
Margaret Ann Scuderi1, Elizabeth Snead1, Susan Mehain1
1Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Scuderi, Snead), Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Waldner, Epp), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4; College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA (Mehain).
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.

