Table 2 Patients’ characteristics and comparison of physical and laboratory findings between survivors and non-survivors, with mean ± SD or median (range) calculations

Patients’ characteristics

Age (years)

9 (1–18)

12 (1–23)

0.528

BW (kg)

4.91 (1.68–46.80)

4.85 (1.10–49.70)

0.218

Sex (IF/SF/IM/CM)

13/33/6/43

9/28/5/24

-

Top 3 Breed

-

Maltese, n (%)

16 (16.8)

12 (18.1)

Toy poodle, n (%)

13 (13.6)

12 (18.1)

Pomeranian, n (%)

11 (11.5)

8 (12.1)

Hospitalization period (days)

3 (0–9)

2 (0–19)

0.016*

Physical examination and Laboratory results

SBP

140.82 ± 22.25

131.00 ± 29.60

0.030*

HR

141.14 ± 30.06

150.62 ± 30.21

0.046*

RR

42 (15–240)

36 (12–222)

0.087

BT

38.72 ± 0.68

38.53 ± 0.93

0.027*

MGCS

0 (0–1)

1 (0–1)

 < 0.001*

WBC

13.4 (4.92–125.38)

16.0 (0.90–151.75)

0.082

PLT

332.42 ± 227.95

307.00 ± 208.65

0.615

Glucose

115 (66–524)

111 (42–300)

0.217

Albumin

3.1 (1.5–4.1)

2.85 (1.5–3.8)

0.031*

Lactate

2.57 (0.79–10.82)

2.85 (0.79–7.74)

0.108

CRP

1.3 (0.10–10.00)

3.55 (0.60–10.00)

 < 0.001*