Trauma torácico em cães e gatos: 29 casos (2008-2013)

Abstract

This research aimed at identifying dogs and cats with thoracic trauma requiring surgical correction in a period from 2008 to 2013 at the Veterinary Hospital of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Information on breed, sex, age, aetiology, clinical signs, emergency treatments, as well as the rates of death and other complications which affected these canines and felines, were also evaluated in this study. Trampling was the main cause of chest trauma, totaling (48.27%), the majority of female patients (63.64%), leaving 36.36% for males, where the death rate amounted to 44.72%, and of these, 33.33% were euthanised. Mongrel dogs with a mean age of five years old were the most affected and the main clinical signs observed were dyspnea (72.86%) followed by cyanotic mucosa (51.72%). In evaluation of radiographic images, the pneumothorax had the highest incidence (68.96%), and thoracotomy was the most used surgical intervention in 51.72% of patients.