Politraumatismo en paciente canino hembra de raza Beagle.

Abstract

On April 28, 2024, in the early hours of the morning, a 3-year-old female canine patient, Beagle breed, entered CatDog Veterinary Hospital. The patient enters the hospital referred from another clinic for the x-ray service and hospitalization, the guardian reports that he fell from the fourth floor, breathes with difficulty and does not support his hind limbs. Upon physical examination the patient is alert to the environment, fur opaque, body condition 3/5, pale pink and moist mucous membranes, non-reactive lymph nodes, pulmonary auscultation reveals bilateral rales, pain is seen on manipulation at hip level and temperature is 38.4°C. As diagnostic tests, a hemoleukogram was performed in which thrombocytosis, leukocytosis with neutrophilia, hyperproteinemia, increased Alanine Amino Transferase (ALT), Alkaline Phosphatase and Troponin were evident. In the ultrasound examination, free fluid was evident at the abdominal level, in the radiological examination. At the thorax level, a pulmonary contusion and incipient pneumothorax was evident, and at the hip level, a bilateral sacroiliac dislocation, and a hip bone fracture relating the ischial and pubic portions. Therefore, correction of bilateral sacroiliac hip dislocation was carried out with bone screws.