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Basic laboratory diagnostics Basic laboratory diagnostics
Blood gases and acid-base balance Haemostaseology
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Metabolic acidosis
(decreased HCO 3 )
–
Prolonged aPTT*

Normal anion gap High anion gap
metabolic metabolic acidosis
acidosis
Disorder of the
coagulation intrinsic
Sulphate/ pathway
Loss of Keto- Lactate – Ingestion
– phosphate acidosis acidosis of other
HCO 3
acidosis acids (e.g.
ethylene
glykol
– Chronic – Diabetic intoxica-
kidney ketoacidosis Increased tion) Coagulation factor
Gastro- disease – Cachexia Tissue production by deficiency
Renal (advanced) gut bacteria
intestinal hypoxia
– Acute kidney (rare in small
injury animals)

Increased Decreased
– Chronic – Vomiting – Shock – Dys- consumption production
kidney – Diarrhoea – Gastric bacteriosis
disease torsion
– Dysfunction – Thrombo-
of proximal embolism
tubuli (e.g. – Severe – DIC
Fanconi anaemia
syndrome) Acquired Congenital

– Haemophilia A
Hepatic dysfunction – Haemophilia B

– Liver fibrosis

– Liver cirrhosis
– Liver neoplasia
– Hepatic lipidosis
*

* Shortened aPTT is not clinically relevant

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