Why the study?
Does surgery combined with antibiotic therapy improve outcomes in dogs with infectious pericardial effusion?
Population
5 dogs diagnosed with infectious pericardial effusion
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
3 to 24 months
Authors
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May support surgery plus antibiotics for canine infectious pericardial effusion; leaves open confirmation in controlled veterinary studies.
Does surgery combined with antibiotic therapy improve outcomes in dogs with infectious pericardial effusion?
Surgery combined with continuous chest drainage and long-term antibiotic therapy appears to be an effective treatment for infectious pericardial effusion in dogs.
Aronson et al. (1995) studied this question.
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