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Table 1 Survival rates for horses with peritonitis

From: Idiopathic peritonitis in horses: a retrospective study of 130 cases in Sweden (2002–2017)

Author [references]

Number of cases

Survival to discharge

Dyson [3]

30a

21/30 (70%)

Mair et al. [1]

21a

12/21 (57%)

Hawkins et al. [4]

28a

16/28 (57%)

Gay and Lording [6]

5b

4/5 (80%)

Golland et al. [8]

15b

15/15 (100%)

Matthews et al. [7]

51b

51/51 (100%)

Southwood and Russell [12]

55a

43/55 (78%)

Henderson et al. [2]

50a

47/50 (94%)

Nógrádi et al. [5]

12a

93%

Odelros et al. current data

130

122/130 (94%)

  1. aIncluding horses with peritonitis secondary to dystocia, castration complications, rectal tears, perforated intestinal tract, intestinal strangulation, flank puncture wounds, uterine tears, abdominal abscesses, cholangiohepatitis and chronic hepatitis. Not possible to identify the number of true idiopathic cases in the data presented
  2. bActinobacillus equuli only