Characteristics in clinical processes in patients in the veterinary intermediate care unit

Abstract

Introduction: The intermediate care unit is an environment for animals in critical condition, where felines and canines are admitted with diagnoses related to gastric, trauma and neurological pathologies, which require immediate attention to have a favorable prognosis, the purpose of the study was to establish with the monitoring records the diagnoses of admission, discharge, the causes of discharge and mortality of patients admitted to intermediate care. Methodology: The work is quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective, the study population was 314 male and female dogs and felines of different ages, the monitoring records were made according to the system alterations that were affected at the gastric, neurological level and poly traumatized. The population characteristics were felines, canines, females and males of different races and ages. Results: 76.8% were canines, 54.5% were males, 44.6% (140) patients were between 1 and 6 months old, 47% had gastric pathology, 84.4% were discharged, and 2 .5 % euthanasia. Discussion: It is necessary to carry out a complete clinical history because it is the set of documents generated from the relationship between the doctor and the patient, the review of some publications on the field of intermediate care of veterinary sciences is an area where interventions are integral, and require interdisciplinary action, with specific events in which the professional can and should assume leadership given their particular expertise and competence.