Canine Trauma: Literature Review and Evidence Based Medicine

Key Points: • To date, there are four large, single-center, retrospective epidemiologic studies that describe injury types and outcome in canine trauma patients. • Prospective and retrospective case series and case reports provide additional descriptive information on particular injury types and outcome in canine trauma patients. • There are scant clinical trials evaluating the impact of interventions on outcome in canine trauma patients. • Pre-clinical canine trauma models provide additional evidence-based information regarding trauma co-morbidities and evaluate various interventions effect on outcome.