Is there anything
you can recommend for reading on this? I'm into the cellular level -
Critical Care is my specialty and I'm finding interesting differences &
similarities between horses & people.
Is the alkalosis a
respiratory alkalosis overriding a primary metabolic acidosis?
Another
question, in a horse that dies after a number of days, would it be a from a
multiple organ failure syndrome, as seen with shock? In this case
hypovolemic shock.
> It amazes me that even
among some experienced riders there isn't a clear understanding that metabolic
acidosis and electrolyte imbalance can lead to sudden cardiac death and that
it takes more than IV fluids to get passed that possibility.
Endurance horses are alkalotic, rather than acidotic.
Metabolic alkalosis is particularly an issue, given the losses of chlorides,
but respiratory alkalosis can be an issue in some as well. But even so,
you are right that simply putting the horses on IV fluids often isn't the
whole story.
