In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?

Clinical bottom line:Currently available literature on canine pyothorax management is low quality, so it is difficult to draw meaningful conclusions from it. With this in mind, however, the literature does suggest that invasive medical managem...

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Main Authors:	Barnaby Luke Dean, Sophie Adamantos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	RCVS Knowledge 2017-05-01
Series:	Veterinary Evidence
Subjects:	canine pyothorax surgical medical
Online Access:	https://veterinaryevidence.org/index.php/ve/article/view/87

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spelling	doaj-9f755eb226c747e798643ec94ef395462020-11-24T23:47:35ZengRCVS KnowledgeVeterinary Evidence2396-97762017-05-012210.18849/ve.v2i2.8772In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?Barnaby Luke Dean0Sophie Adamantos1University of Bristol, Senate House, Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1THUniversity of Bristol, Senate House, Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TH<p><strong>Clinical bottom line:</strong></p><p>Currently available literature on canine pyothorax management is low quality, so it is difficult to draw meaningful conclusions from it. With this in mind, however, the literature does suggest that invasive medical management (thoracic drainage and lavage via in-dwelling thoracostomy tubes, and antimicrobial therapy) and surgical management (in conjunction with antimicrobial therapy) of canine pyothorax provide better long-term survival rates compared to non-invasive medical management (antimicrobial therapy, with or without thoracocentesis) alone. More definitive conclusions cannot be made until higher quality evidence (prospective, randomised, blinded) is available on the topic.</p><br /> <img src="https://www.veterinaryevidence.org/rcvskmod/icons/oa-icon.jpg" alt="Open Access" /> <img src="https://www.veterinaryevidence.org/rcvskmod/icons/pr-icon.jpg" alt="Peer Reviewed" />https://veterinaryevidence.org/index.php/ve/article/view/87caninepyothoraxsurgicalmedical
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title	In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?
title_short	In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?
title_full	In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?
title_fullStr	In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?
title_full_unstemmed	In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?
title_sort	in dogs with pyothorax does medical management alone, invasive medical management, or surgical management result in better long-term outcome?
publisher	RCVS Knowledge
series	Veterinary Evidence
issn	2396-9776
publishDate	2017-05-01
description	<p><strong>Clinical bottom line:</strong></p><p>Currently available literature on canine pyothorax management is low quality, so it is difficult to draw meaningful conclusions from it. With this in mind, however, the literature does suggest that invasive medical management (thoracic drainage and lavage via in-dwelling thoracostomy tubes, and antimicrobial therapy) and surgical management (in conjunction with antimicrobial therapy) of canine pyothorax provide better long-term survival rates compared to non-invasive medical management (antimicrobial therapy, with or without thoracocentesis) alone. More definitive conclusions cannot be made until higher quality evidence (prospective, randomised, blinded) is available on the topic.</p><br /> <img src="https://www.veterinaryevidence.org/rcvskmod/icons/oa-icon.jpg" alt="Open Access" /> <img src="https://www.veterinaryevidence.org/rcvskmod/icons/pr-icon.jpg" alt="Peer Reviewed" />
topic	canine pyothorax surgical medical
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In Dogs With Pyothorax Does Medical Management Alone, Invasive Medical Management, or Surgical Management Result in Better Long-term Outcome?

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