Viscoelastic coagulation testing for prediction of survival in horses with colic

Coagulation testing (VCM Vet™) was performed on 57 horses with acute abdominal pain at admission to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Additional clinical data were recorded retrospectively. ROC analysis was performed to determine the optimal number of abnormal coagulation parameters for coagulopathy diagnosis based on survival. General linear regression (GLM) and random forest (RF) classification models were developed to predict short-term survival. A training cohort of 40 horses was used for model development, and model performance was determined using the remaining 17 horses.