@article{szabo_jermyn_neel_mathews_2011, title={Evaluation of Postceliotomy Peritoneal Drain Fluid Volume, Cytology, and Blood-to-Peritoneal Fluid Lactate and Glucose Differences in Normal Dogs}, volume={40}, ISSN={["1532-950X"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79957929895&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1111/j.1532-950x.2011.00799.x}, abstractNote={Objective:  To describe peritoneal drain fluid volume, fluid cytology, and blood‐to‐peritoneal fluid lactate and glucose concentration differences after exploratory celiotomy in normal dogs.Study Design:  Prospective study.Animals:  Healthy Beagle dogs (n=10).Methods:  After exploratory celiotomy, a peritoneal drain was placed, and peritoneal fluid was recorded every 6 hours for 7 days. Fluid was submitted for cytologic examination, and fluid and blood glucose and lactate concentrations were recorded every 12 hours. On day 7, drains were removed and drain tips submitted for aerobic bacterial culture.Results:  Mean peritoneal fluid volume decreased from 2.8 mL/kg/day (day 1) to 0.6 mL/kg/day (day 7). All dogs had degenerate neutrophils in peritoneal fluid throughout the 7 days. Four dogs developed contaminated drains. Blood‐to‐peritoneal glucose concentration differences>20 mg/dL occurred after day 4. By day 7, 5 of 7 dogs with patent drains had blood‐to‐peritoneal lactate concentration differences<−2 mmol/L.Conclusion:  After day 4, blood‐to‐peritoneal glucose concentration differences were consistent with septic effusion based on previously reported values used to diagnose septic peritonitis in dogs. Blood‐to‐peritoneal lactate concentration differences varied but after day 4, >70% of dogs had differences consistent with septic peritonitis each day. Postoperative blood‐to‐peritoneal fluid glucose and lactate difference may not be reliable indicators of septic peritonitis when evaluating abdominal fluid collected with closed suction drains.}, number={4}, journal={VETERINARY SURGERY}, author={Szabo, Stephanie D. and Jermyn, Kieri and Neel, Jennifer and Mathews, Kyle G.}, year={2011}, month={Jun}, pages={444–449} }
 @article{szabo_biery_lawler_shofer_powers_kealy_smith_2007, title={Evaluation of a circumferential femoral head osteophyte as an early indicator of osteoarthritis characteristic of canine hip dysplasia in dogs}, volume={231}, ISSN={["0003-1488"]}, DOI={10.2460/javma.231.6.889}, abstractNote={Abstract
Objective—To determine the relationship between a circumferential femoral head osteophyte (CFHO) and osteoarthritis characteristic of canine hip dysplasia, and to ascertain whether CFHO, like osteoarthritis, varies between diet-restricted and control-fed dogs.
Design—Longitudinal cohort study.
Animals—48 Labrador Retrievers.
Procedures—Dogs were paired by size, sex, and litter and assigned to 1 of 2 equal groups at 2 months of age. The control-fed group was fed ad libitum, and the diet-restricted group was fed 25% less on a pairwise basis of the same diet for life. The dogs' hip joints were radiographed yearly for life. Each radiograph was evaluated for radiographic signs of osteoarthritis characteristic of hip dysplasia and for the presence and severity of a CFHO.
Results—41 of the 48 (85.4%) dogs had a CFHO, which was detected at a median age of 5.4 years, and 33 of those 41 (80.5%) developed radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis. Nineteen (79.2%) dogs in the diet-restricted group and 22 (91.7%) in the control-fed group had a CFHO at a median age of 9 and 3 years, respectively. Of the dogs with a CFHO, 12 (63.2%) in the diet-restricted group and 20 (90.0%) in the control-fed group developed radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis characteristic of hip dysplasia at a median age of 11 and 6.5 years, respectively.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results indicated a relationship between the CFHO and subsequent development of radiographic signs of osteoarthritis. If a CFHO is present in Labrador Retrievers, it might be considered an early indicator of osteoarthritis.}, number={6}, journal={JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION}, author={Szabo, Stephanie D. and Biery, Daryl N. and Lawler, Dennis E. and Shofer, Frances S. and Powers, Michelle Y. and Kealy, Richard D. and Smith, Gail K.}, year={2007}, month={Sep}, pages={889–892} }
 @misc{szabo_wilkens_radasch_2007, title={Use of polypropylene mesh in addition to internal obturator transposition: A review of 59 cases (2000-2004)}, volume={43}, number={3}, journal={Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association}, author={Szabo, S. and Wilkens, B. and Radasch, R. M.}, year={2007}, pages={136–142} }
 @article{szabo_wells_2007, title={What is your diagnosis?}, volume={230}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association}, author={Szabo, S. D. and Wells, K. L.}, year={2007}, pages={29–30} }