OBJECTIVES: The aims of the study were to assess the possible effects of sex, age and breed on the evolution of @entity788 , and to understand if low values of serum ionised @entity460 ([Ca(2+)i]) can be considered as a prognosis risk factor for the clinical course of the disease. METHODS: A sample of 24 @entity468 (n = 24) with @entity788 was used and grouped according to the disease progress into two groups: (i) non-fatal (NF) for those that recovered and (ii) fatal (F) for those that died. Quantification of [ @entity141 i] by the ADVIA 2400 Chemistry System ( @entity5377 ) and feline pancreatic lipase (fPL) by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay fPL-SNAP (IDEXX) was carried out for each @entity1 at two different times: T1 (day of diagnosis) and T2 (day of recovery or death). For statistical analysis, P values       <0.05 were considered significant.        RESULTS: At T1, 58.3% of @entity1 presented with hypocalcaemia, 33.3% with normocalcaemia and 8.3% with hypercalcaemia. The [ @entity141 i] mean values were higher in the F group than in NF. At T2, 75.0% of @entity1 showed normocalcaemia and 25.0% hypocalcaemia. The mean values of [ @entity141 i]       for F at T2 was 0.88    0.23 mmol/l, whereas the NF was 1.10    0.11 mmol/l. There is no sex or age predisposition for disease development, contrary to the breed (domestic shorthair @entity468 are more prone to developing it). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The results suggest that hypocalcaemia is common in @entity1 with @entity788 and that [ @entity141 i] may be used as a prognosis risk factor for the clinical course of the disease, corresponding to a poor prognosis where values are    1 mmol/l.

Serum ionised @entity460 as a prognosis risk factor in the clinical course of XXXX in @entity468 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['pancreatitis'] @entity5377 :: ('MESH:D053560', 'Disease') :: ['Siemens'] @entity460 :: ('MESH:D002118', 'Chemical') :: ['calcium'] @entity141 :: ('CHEBI:29108', 'Chemical') :: ['Ca(2+)'] @entity468 :: ('9685', 'Species') :: ['cats']
@entity788 :: (MESH:D010190,Disease) :: ['pancreatitis']
