Perioperative outcomes in dogs with hemoabdomen | VETgirl Veterinary CE Podcasts

In today's VETgirl online veterinary CE podcast, we review a common presenting complaint to emergency veterinarians: hemoabdomen.  Most of us know that the majority of spontaneous hemoperitoneums are due to bleeding splenic masses (malignant or not), and if you’re dealing with a hemangiosarcoma, the long term prognosis isn’t great. But have you thought about what factors might be associated with a worse perioperative outcome (for example, from the time of admission for the bleed through surgery to discharge) in this critically ill, emergent population?