Lactatemia e glicemia na síndrome cólica de equinos: revisão

Abstract

Colic syndrome is the disease that most affects and causes death in horses. The diagnosis and decision of treatment should be established as soon as possible, considering that time is an essential factor for survival. Lesions that lead to obstruction of the blood flow and intestinal ischemia are strongly related with death. Therefore, the development of research seeking auxiliary parameters in prognosis and diagnosis of acute abdomen in horses is increasingly frequent. The lactate, a product of anaerobic glycolysis, is evaluated in athlete horses with critical illnesses. In equine colic, in high concentrations, it is related to ischemic intestinal lesions and mortality. Hyperglycemia is common in these animals, and despite little research, has a relation with worse prognosis. According to existing studies, the concentration of lactate and glucose together can be used as a predictor of prognosis. Besides that, higher lactate levels in the equine peritoneal fluid are indicative of intestinal strangulation and ischemia. This review presents the biochemistry of glucose and lactate, types of measurements and researches performed on equine colic syndrome that relates those data with prognosis and survival rates.