Publications by authors named "A B Harris"
Background: The inclusion of clinical frailty in the assessment of patients planned for major surgery has proven to be an independent predictor of outcome. Since approximately half of all patients in the UK diagnosed with oesophagogastric (OG) cancer are over 75 years of age, assessment of frailty may be important in selection for surgery.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective cohort study applied the Hospital Frailty Risk Score to data obtained from the NHS Secondary Uses Service electronic database for patients aged 75 years or older undergoing oesophagectomy and gastrectomy between April 2017 and March 2020.
Microfilaria in the Urine of a Dog with Concurrent Urinary Bladder Sarcoma.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc
January 2025
A 12 yr old female spayed American Staffordshire terrier was referred for stranguria, pollakiuria, and concern for a mass in the trigone of the urinary bladder. A urinalysis and abdominal ultrasound were performed to further investigate the bladder mass. Nematode larvae were identified in the urine, termed microfilaruria, while a caudal abdominal mass was found on ultrasound impinging on the urethra.
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- The effectiveness of ceftriaxone in determining susceptibility to newer oral cephalosporins is uncertain.
- In a study of 409 bloodstream isolates of Enterobacterales, ceftriaxone susceptibility correlated with high rates of susceptibility to cefuroxime (89%), cefdinir (86%), cefpodoxime (90%), and cefixime (94%).
- When focusing only on isolates that were susceptible to ceftriaxone, the susceptibility rates for the four oral cephalosporins increased to between 92% and 99%.