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Comparative Study of Ultrasound and Urinalysis Tests in Animal With Suspected Disease of Lower Urinary Tract

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 39; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.02.133

1879-291X

M Giménez Ramos, Márcia Carolina Salomão Santos, Daniel Augusto Barroso Lessa, M.C.N. Caststro, Aline Moreira de Souza, T.A.L. Trancoso,

Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

The objective of this work is to compare the ultrasonographic aspect of the urinary bladder with the exam of the abnormal elements and sedimentoscopy on animals with or without lower urinary tract disease. A survey was realized from January to November 2012, and were selected animals that had been submitted to ultrasound and urinalysis by cystocentesis guided or not by the ultrasound, with or without lower urinary tract disease. Were included 82 animals, among dogs and cats, with no distinction of gender, age or breed. Among the 82 animals evaluated, 35 showed changes in both exams, 32 animals did not showed changes in both exams and 5 animals showed changes only in urinalysis. No animal showed changes only in the urinary bladder ultrasound. We concluded that there was a correlation between the findings of the two studied methods in most of the cases, also complementing the evaluation of the animals suspected of lower urinary tract disease.