Rabdomiolisis con proceso de colitis y enfermedad renal aguda en caballo criollo colombiano.

Abstract

An equine patient was referred to the MV internal medical center due to the following history: 72 hours before It had been subjected to strenuous exercise and at the time he presented difficulty in movement and pigmenturia. The horse arrives with a medical management prescribed by colleagues and a creatinine measurement test was performed on It. Despite medical treatment, the horse has not shown improvement, on the contrary, the clinical signs have worsened and have shown additional symptoms such as defecation 5/5 with offensive odor. On clinical examination the patient is slightly depressed, inappetent, with muddy mucous membranes, increased capillary refill time, increased skinfold return, tachycardia, tachypnea and hypomethyl of the four quadrants, laboratory tests such as complete blood count, blood chemistries such as creatinine, CK, urea, BUN, AST, triglycerides and GGT are performed, followed by blood lactate and glycemia measurement and abdominal ultrasonography. Therapeutic plans are based on hydration of the patient, analgesics, prebiotics, peripheral vasodilators, muscle relaxants, free radical scavengers and antiparasitics.