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Table 3 Descriptive analyses of clinical and laboratory variables in medically and surgically treated colic cases demonstrating p-values < 0.15 in either Wilcoxon/Kruskall Wallis Rank Sum test for continuous variables or Fisher Exact test for nominal variables.

From: Evaluation of Clinical and Laboratory Variables as Prognostic Indicators in Hospitalised Gastrointestinal Colic Horses

Variables

Survivors

Non-survivors

 

n

Median(range) or no/(%)

n

Median (range) or no (%)

Medically treated colic cases:

    

Heart rate/min

36

48 (32–96)

10

72 (32–120)

Respiratory rate/min

35

20 (8–50)

10

28 (15–34)

CRT sec

36

2 (2–4)

9

3 (2–6)

Rectal temperature °C

36

37.9 (36.6–38.8)

10

38.4 (37.9–39.6)

Abnormal mucous membrane

36

16 (44%)

10

7 (70%)

PCV %

36

34 (22–50)

10

48 (33–69)

HGB g/l1

34

122 (82–181)

10

180 (123–248)

Fibronogen g/l

33

3 (2–7)

9

3 (1–5)

Alfa- globulin g/l

36

9 (6.9–14.3)

9

7.7 (2.9–12.4)

Gamma- globulin g/l

36

7.8 (4.2–14.7)

9

5.8 (3.5–13.7)

Lactate mmol/l

36

1.2 (0.5–11.1)

9

3.7 (1.1–13.1)

Total Ca mmol/l

34

3.0 (1.5–3.4)

9

2.7 (2.1–2.9)

Surgically treated colic cases:

    

Heart rate/min

22

44 (36–80)

24

79 (36–148)

Breath rate/min2

22

20 (12–40)

24

30 (15–72)

Temperature difference from 38°C

20

0.3 (0.0–1.0)

24

0.6 (0.0–2.5)

Abnormal mucous membrane

22

5 (23 %)

24

19 (79%)

No abdominal sounds2

22

2 (9%)

24

14 (58%)

CRT sec2

22

3 (2–3)

24

4 (2–7)

PCV %2

22

38 (29–43)

24

42 (28–56)

HGB g/l2

22

138 (106–163)

24

153 (112–199)

Beta-globulin g/l

20

10.5 (7.7–20.0)

23

12.2 (7.4–19.8)

Gamma- globulin g/l

20

8.7 (3.2–12.1)

23

7.6 (2.2–12.6)

Cl mmol/l

22

99 (89–108)

24

95 (87–108)

K mmol/l

22

3.5 (2.3–4.5)

24

3.8 (2.6–5.2))

Lactate mmol/l2

20

1.6 (0.8–7.1)

24

3.6 (1.1–13.0)

D-dimer > 1.5 mg/l

22

2 (9%)

24

12 (50%)

D-dimer > 0.5 mg/l

22

7 (33%)

24

17 (71%)

  1. 1 Excluded from further analysis due to high correlation to PCV.
  2. 2 Excluded from further analysis due to high correlation to heart rate.
  3. n = number of observations.