Diagnostic and predictive ability of hyperbilirubinemia severity in cats: A multicenter retrospective study.
Xavier Salord TorresKamalan JeevaratnamImogen SchofieldSamantha TaylorJennifer StallwoodMenai HeyesDaniel HughesPieter DefauwPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2024)
As part of a thorough clinical assessment, the severity classification of hyperbilirubinemia has the potential to predict the likelihood of a BO and to discriminate between cats that may or may not require surgery for BO at a suggested cut-off of ≥3.86 mg/dL (≥66 μmol/L). Alongside TBIL, age is also useful when assessing for the likelihood of BO in a cat presented with hyperbilirubinemia.