Effectiveness of intravenous fluid resuscitation in hypotensive cats: 82 cases (2012–2019)

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of intravenous fluid resuscitation in hypotensive cats in an emergency room setting. Secondary objectives were to investigate changes in heart rate (HR) and body temperature (BT) in response to fluid resuscitation, and the association of these changes with patient survival. Design Retrospective study. Setting University teaching hospital. Animals Eighty‐two cats with confirmed hypotension. Interventions None. Measurements and main results Medical records from 2012 to 2019 were searched for cats that had documented systemic arterial hypotension (blood pressure measured using a Doppler ultrasonic flow probe [DBP]